CVE-2023-22515
Atlassian has been made aware of an issue reported by a handful of customers where external attackers may have exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in publicly accessible Confluence Data Center and Server instances to create unauthorized Confluence administrator accounts and access Confluence instances.
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 99%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 100
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
CISA KEV — explotada activamente
- Añadida al catálogo: 5/10/2023
- Plazo de remediación: 13/10/2023
- Uso conocido en ransomware: Known
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Módulo de Metasploit (exploit fiable y al alcance de cualquiera) · Atlassian Confluence Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
- Plantilla de Nuclei (detección automática y masiva) · Atlassian Confluence - Privilege Escalation
- Prueba de concepto en GitHub (no verificada) · Lista de pruebas de concepto en GitHub
⚠️ Las pruebas de concepto de GitHub no están verificadas: algunas son falsas o contienen malware. No las ejecute nunca fuera de un laboratorio aislado.
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 % - Impacto principal
T1098.001Additional Cloud Credentialspersistence · privilege escalation90 %
Vulnerabilidad en aplicación expuesta (Confluence público) explotada para crear cuentas admin no autorizadas (T1098.001) y obtener acceso como usuario privilegiado (T1078.001). CVSS crítico (C:H/I:H/A:H) y uso activo en ransomware confirman impacto de ejecución de comandos (T1059.001).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
- CWE-20
Referencias
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/175225/Atlassian-Confluence-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/FAQ+for+CVE-2023-22515
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1295682276
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-92475
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-22515
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