Check Point Advisories

Atlassian Confluence Template Injection (CVE-2023-22527)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-1486
Date Published:	22 Jan 2024
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 10 March, 2024
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-22527
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Atlassian Confluence Data Center from and including 8.0.0 up to and excluding 8.5.4 Atlassian Confluence Data Center from and including 8.7.0 up to and excluding 8.7.1 Atlassian Confluence Server from and including 8.0.0 up to and excluding 8.5.4
Vulnerability Description	A template injection vulnerability exists in Atlassian Confluence. Successful exploitation could result in the execution of arbitrary code in the affected web server.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Atlassian Confluence Template Injection (CVE-2023-22527) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Atlassian Confluence Template Injection (CVE-2023-22527)