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CVE-2019-3398

Path Traversal: Is CVE-2019-3398 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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Exploited in wild
Yes
CISA KEV
Public exploit
Exploit-DB
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
8.8 High
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
97%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-22 · Path Traversal
CWE

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.

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baseline read

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Real — exploited in the wild

CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Confluence Server and Data Center had a path traversal vulnerability in the downloadallattachments resource. A remote attacker who has permission to add attachments to pages and / or blogs or to create a new space or a personal space or who has 'Admin' permissions for a space can exploit this path traversal vulnerability to write files to arbitrary locations which can lead to remote code execution on systems that run a vulnerable version of Confluence Server or Data Center. All versions of Confluence Server from 2.0.0 before 6.6.13 (the fixed version for 6.6.x), from 6.7.0 before 6.12.4 (the fixed version for 6.12.x), from 6.13.0 before 6.13.4 (the fixed version for 6.13.x), from 6.14.0 before 6.14.3 (the fixed version for 6.14.x), and from 6.15.0 before 6.15.2 are affected by this vulnerability.

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    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    This is confirmed exploited in the wild. It is in the CISA KEV catalog, so attackers are actively using it, not just researchers. Patch this on priority and confirm the fix holds.

  • 0
    Remediation · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    Required action for Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-05-03. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

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Same weakness: CWE-22 · Path Traversal.