CVE-2023-22521

Description

This High severity RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability was introduced in version 3.4.6 of Crowd Data Center and Server. This RCE (Remote Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 8.0, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires no user interaction. Atlassian recommends that Crowd 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: Crowd Data Center and Server 3.4: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 5.1.6 Crowd Data Center and Server 5.2: Upgrade to a release greater than or equal to 5.2.1 See the release notes ([https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/crowd-release-notes-199094.html]). You can download the latest version of Crowd Data Center and Server from the download center ([https://www.atlassian.com/software/crowd/download-archive]). This vulnerability was discovered by m1sn0w and reported via our Bug Bounty program

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
EPSS 0.67% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory atlassian.com Vendor Advisory atlassian.com
Affected: Atlassian Crowd Data Center
Affected: Atlassian Crowd Server
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1318881573 vendor advisory
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-6139 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-22521?
CVE-2023-22521 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-22521?
To fix CVE-2023-22521, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-22521 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-22521 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2023-22521?
CVE-2023-22521 affects Atlassian Crowd Data Center, Atlassian Crowd Server.
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