CVE-2023-22504
Published: 25 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-22504 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Server. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 36.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-26644
Vulnerability details
Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server allow remote attackers who have read permissions to a page, but not write permissions, to upload attachments via a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the attachments feature.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.