Confluence Server: The Atlassian Questions For Confluence app for Confluence Server and Data Center creates a Confluence user account in…
Summary
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 Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Listed:
- Jul 29, 2022 · federal remediation due Aug 19, 2022
- Required action:
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Ransomware use:
- Unknown
KEV is a prioritization signal from CISA — remediation detail still comes from the vendor advisory.
Mitigation
Mitigation steps weren't captured by the parser for this advisory — this is a parsing gap, not a statement that no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 4 hours ago·verify at source
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