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Atlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability

CVE-2022-26138

The Atlassian Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Data Center creates a Confluence user account in the confluence-users group with the username disabledsystemuser and a hardcoded password. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded password could exploit this to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group. This user account is created when installing versions 2.7.34, 2.7.35, and 3.0.2 of the app.

CISA KEV Nuclei Template SSVC: Active Exploitation Automatable
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:98.17%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-798 ↗Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798)

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
Atlassian Questions For Confluence 2.7.34 (affected), 2.7.35 (affected), 3.0.2 (affected)

References & Technical Advisories

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
Nuclei Template
SCANNER AVAILABLE
EPSS Score
98.170%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityAtlassian · Vendor · Australia
Reserved2022-02-25T00:00:00
Published2022-07-20T17:25:26
Patch Date2022-07-20
Last Updated2026-01-12T21:22:06

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