CVE-2023-22518 is a critical Improper Authorization vulnerability affecting all versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset Confluence and create an administrator account. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited, with known ransomware campaigns leveraging it, and exploit modules are publicly available, generating significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0, < 7.19.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.20.0, < 8.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.4.0, < 8.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.5.0, < 8.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.