Attacker Value
Unknown
(1 user assessed)
Exploitability
High
(1 user assessed)
User Interaction
Unknown
Privileges Required
Unknown
Attack Vector
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CVE-2021-26138

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Description

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.

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On September 5th 2024, CISA released a security bulletin highlighting the cyber-attacks from a Russian actor. In this bulletin CISA confirmed and stated that this vulnerability was abused by the actor to bypass authentication and gain initial access.
Source: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-249a

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