CVE-2019-3398
Atlassian Confluence
Published 18 Apr 2019 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, with a remediation deadline of 3 May 2022 for US federal agencies.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Confluence Server and Data Center had a path traversal vulnerability in the downloadallattachments resource. A remote attacker who has permission to add attachments to pages and / or blogs or to create a new space or a personal space or who has 'Admin' permissions for a space can exploit this path traversal vulnerability to write files to arbitrary locations which can lead to remote code execution on systems that run a vulnerable version of Confluence Server or Data Center. All versions of Confluence Server from 2.0.0 before 6.6.13 (the fixed version for 6.6.x), from 6.7.0 before 6.12.4 (the fixed version for 6.12.x), from 6.13.0 before 6.13.4 (the fixed version for 6.13.x), from 6.14.0 before 6.14.3 (the fixed version for 6.14.x), and from 6.15.0 before 6.15.2 are affected by this vulnerability.
References
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152616/Confluence-Server-Data-Center-Path-Traversal.html · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155235/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155245/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.html · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/108067 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58102 · Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/33 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-3398 · US Government Resource