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CVE-2023-22527

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-22527 is a critical template injection vulnerability affecting older versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE). With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, including by ransomware campaigns like ELPACO-Team, with public exploit modules available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_data_center:8.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:confluence_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jan 24, 2024
Metasploit: Atlassian Confluence SSTI Injection · Jan 16, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2023-22527 · Jan 22, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9998 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
vicarius.io / vsociety/posts/pwning-confluence-via-ognl-injection-for-fun-and-learning-cve-2023-22527
Exploit
packetstormsecurity.com / files/176789/Atlassian-Confluence-SSTI-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
confluence.atlassian.com / pages/viewpage.action
Vendor Advisory
jira.atlassian.com / browse/CONFSERVER-93833
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory