Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-20237 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Server

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
atlassian
CWE-668
nessus

Summary

Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center before version 6.13.1 allows an authenticated user to download a deleted page via the word export feature.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Atlassian
642

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses
NASL idCONFLUENCE_6_14_0.NASL
descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian Confluence application running on the remote host is prior to 6.13.1. It is therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability which exists in the
last seen2020-05-03
modified2019-04-26
plugin id124330
published2019-04-26
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124330
titleAtlassian Confluence < 6.13.1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(124330);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/01");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20237");
  script_bugtraq_id(107041);
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2019-A-0135-S");

  script_name(english:"Atlassian Confluence < 6.13.1 Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the Atlassian Confluence version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application running on the remote host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the Atlassian
Confluence application running on the remote host is prior to 6.13.1.
It is therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability
which exists in the 'Word Export' component. An authenticated, remote
attacker can exploit this which may lead to recovery of already
deleted content pages.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied
only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57814");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 6.13.1, 6.14.0 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-20237");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/04/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/04/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("confluence_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 8080, 8090);
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/confluence", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");
include("http.inc");

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

app_name = "confluence";

port = get_http_port(default:80);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app_name, port:port, webapp:true);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  # <= 6.12.0
  { "max_version": "6.12.0", "fixed_display": "6.13.1 / 6.14.0" },
  # 6.13.x < 6.13.1
  { "min_version": "6.13.0", "fixed_version": "6.13.1", "fixed_display": "6.13.1 / 6.14.0" }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);