CVE-2023-22522

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 6, 2023 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorConfluence ServerConfluence Data Center

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

This Template Injection vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker, including one with anonymous access, to inject unsafe user input into a Confluence page. Using this approach, an attacker is able to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on an affected instance. Publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server versions as listed below are at risk and require immediate attention. See the advisory for additional details Atlassian Cloud sites are not affected by this vulnerability. If your Confluence site is accessed via an atlassian.net domain, it is hosted by Atlassian and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.0 ≤ v < 7.19.178.0.0 ≤ v < 8.4.58.5.0 ≤ v < 8.5.48.6.0 ≤ v < 8.6.28.7.0>= 7.20.0>= 8.0.0>= 8.6.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 7.19.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.4.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.5.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.7.1 (unaffected)
4.0 ≤ v < 7.19.178.0.0 ≤ v < 8.4.58.5.0 ≤ v < 8.5.4>= 4.0.0>= 7.20.0>= 8.0.0>= 8.6.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.0.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 7.19.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.4.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.5.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.6.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in >= 8.7.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74

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