CVE-2019-3398
Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 97.03% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 12 November 2019
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- atlassian/confluence server
- Source
- security@atlassian.com
EPSS 97.0% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3398
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152616/Confluence-Server-Data-Center-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155235/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155245/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108067Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58102Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152616/Confluence-Server-Data-Center-Path-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155235/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155245/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108067Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58102Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-3398US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.