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Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Authentication Bypass via Broken Access Control

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Disclosed
Oct 4, 2023
Created
Oct 20, 2023

Description

This module exploits a broken access control vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence servers leading to an authentication bypass.
A specially crafted request can be create new admin account without authentication on the target Atlassian server.

Authors

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Emir Polat

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass
    msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > run
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