CVE-2019-3396criticalunder attackransomwareCWE-22

CVE-2019-3396: critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Server

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100Vexday Risk Score

Patch now. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA, has a working public exploit and 1 threat group(s) use it.

ssvc Actcvss 9.8epss 100%
from disclosure to weapon15 days
Published on NVDMar 25
1st PoC+15d
metasploitMar 25
CISA KEV+954d
Who exploits it — 1

Groups known to exploit this vulnerability (MITRE ATT&CK attribution).

Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2022-05-03

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In short

A flaw in Atlassian Confluence's Widget Connector macro allows attackers to manipulate file paths and execute harmful code on the server by injecting malicious templates. This affects multiple versions and can lead to complete system compromise.

Technical detail

The Widget Connector macro is vulnerable to server-side template injection (SSTI), enabling path traversal (CWE-22) and remote code execution. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by crafting malicious template input, affecting Confluence Server and Data Center deployments across multiple version branches.

Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.

The full analysis of this CVE is available in Portuguese →

The Widget Connector macro in Atlassian Confluence Server before version 6.6.12 (the fixed version for 6.6.x), from version 6.7.0 before 6.12.3 (the fixed version for 6.12.x), from version 6.13.0 before 6.13.3 (the fixed version for 6.13.x), and from version 6.14.0 before 6.14.2 (the fixed version for 6.14.x), allows remote attackers to achieve path traversal and remote code execution on a Confluence Server or Data Center instance via server-side template injection.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
public PoCs found — 39✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/46731exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/49465unverifiedgithubgithub.com/Yt1g3r/CVE-2019-3396_EXP★ 174githubgithub.com/jas502n/CVE-2019-3396★ 144githubgithub.com/pyn3rd/CVE-2019-3396★ 39githubgithub.com/x-f1v3/CVE-2019-3396★ 22githubgithub.com/0xNinjaCyclone/cve-2019-3396★ 3githubgithub.com/Avento/CVE-2019-3396-Memshell-for-Behinder★ 2githubgithub.com/PetrusViet/cve-2019-3396★ 2githubgithub.com/HK4zCzi/CVE-2019-3396-Velocity-Server-Side-Template-Injection★ 0githubgithub.com/skommando/CVE-2019-3396-confluence-poc★ 0githubgithub.com/W2Ning/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/yuehanked/cve-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/46o60/CVE-2019-3396_Confluence★ 0githubgithub.com/tno01/cve-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/dothanthitiendiettiende/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/xiaoshuier/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/s1xg0d/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/tanw923/test1★ 0githubgithub.com/quanpt103/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/vntest11/confluence_CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/am6539/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/tranphuc2005/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/kh4sh3i/CVE-2019-3396★ 0githubgithub.com/JonathanZhou348/CVE-2019-3396TEST★ 0cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/152568/Atlassian-Confluence-Widget-Connector-Macro-Velocity-Template-Injection.htmlunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/c09bf1c78234unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/c8e79cc8ed08unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/cf39bffa0254unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/fb62fcd4b481unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/c0e4abf9eb81unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/7f86f9ea50f4unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/7f52c8890f19unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/fb022ff5fe3aunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/f0c5b22fe8f3unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/328bcc29bf72unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/c8a8c265c9e9unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/46731/unverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/161065/Atlassian-Confluence-6.12.1-Template-Injection.htmlunverified
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