What is CVE-2022-42978?

CVE-2022-42978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-42978?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-42978 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Atlassian Confluence Data Center

CVE-2022-42978

In the Netic User Export add-on before 1.3.5 for Atlassian Confluence, authorization is mishandled. An unauthenticated attacker could access files on the remote system.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.008 (53.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Atlassian Confluence_data_center
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42978?: CVE-2022-42978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence Data Center, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-42978?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-42978 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.