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CVE-2023-22522 — This Template Injection vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker, includin

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 acces

CVSS
9.0 CRITICAL
EPSS
16.20% (top 5.30%)
CWE
—
Published
2023-12-06T05:00:02.870Z
Last modified
2026-02-25T16:52:11.981Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
AtlassianConfluence Data Center< 4.0.0, >= 4.0.0, >= 7.20.0, >= 8.0.0, >= 8.6.0, >= 7.19.17, >= 8.4.5, >= 8.5.4, >= 8.6.2, >= 8.7.1
AtlassianConfluence Server< 4.0.0, >= 4.0.0, >= 7.20.0, >= 8.0.0, >= 8.6.0, >= 7.19.17, >= 8.4.5, >= 8.5.4, >= 8.6.2, >= 8.7.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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