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CVE-2022-26138: Atlassian Questions For Confluence App Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2022-26138
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Atlassian Questions For Confluence App has hard-coded credentials, exposing the username and password in plaintext. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use these credentials to log into Confluence and access all content accessible to users in the confluence-users group.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Atlassianproduct: Questions For Confluence AppOther
What
Hard-coded credentials expose username and password in plaintext.
Who is affected
Users of the Atlassian Questions For Confluence App.
Urgency
Immediate action is required due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Change hard-coded credentials and update to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-07-29
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26138

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2022-26138coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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