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Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Authentication Bypass via Broken Access Control

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Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Authentication Bypass via Broken Access Control

Disclosed
10/04/2023
Created
10/20/2023

Description

This module exploits a broken access control vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence servers leading to an authentication bypass. A specially crafted request can be create new admin account without authentication on the target Atlassian server.

Author(s)

  • Unknown
  • Emir Polat

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass
msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(atlassian_confluence_auth_bypass) > run

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