Path Traversal in Confluence DC 6.13.0 (High CVSS 8.3)
CVE-2024-21677 Published on March 19, 2024
This High severity Path Traversal vulnerability was introduced in version 6.13.0 of Confluence Data Center. This Path Traversal vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.3, allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit an undefinable vulnerability which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center and Server customers upgrade to latest version, if you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions: Data Center Atlassian recommends that Confluence Data Center customers upgrade to the latest version and that Confluence Server customers upgrade to the latest 8.5.x LTS version. If you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions See the release notes https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html You can download the latest version of Confluence Data Center and Server from the download center https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download-archives. This vulnerability was reported via our Bug Bounty program.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2024-21677 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Atlassian Confluence Data Center:- Version < 6.13.0 is unaffected.
- Version >= 6.13.0 is affected.
- Version >= 7.19.0 is affected.
- Version >= 7.20.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.0.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.1.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.2.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.3.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.4.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.5.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.6.0 is affected.
- Version >= 8.7.1 is affected.
- Version >= 8.8.0 is affected.
- Version >= 7.19.20 is unaffected.
- Version >= 8.5.7 is unaffected.
- Version >= 8.8.1 is unaffected.
- Version 8.8.0 is affected.
- Version 7.19.0 and below 7.19.19 is affected.
- Version 7.20.0 and below 7.20.3 is affected.
- Version 8.0.0 and below 8.0.4 is affected.
- Version 8.1.0 and below 8.1.4 is affected.
- Version 8.2.0 and below 8.2.3 is affected.
- Version 8.3.0 and below 8.3.4 is affected.
- Version 8.4.0 and below 8.4.5 is affected.
- Version 8.5 and below 8.5.6 is affected.
- Version 8.6.0 and below 8.6.2 is affected.
- Version 8.7.0 and below 8.7.2 is affected.
- Version 7.17.0 and below 7.17.5 is affected.
- Version 7.18.0 and below 7.18.3 is affected.
- Before 7.17.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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