CVE-2021-43940
HIGHAtlassian Confluence <7.4.10 & <7.12.3 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Affected versions of Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center allow authenticated local attackers to achieve elevated privileges on the local system via a DLL Hijacking vulnerability in the Confluence installer. This vulnerability only affects installations of Confluence Server and Data Center on Windows. The affected versions are before version 7.4.10, and from version 7.5.0 before 7.12.3.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-66550
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
35.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (2)
atlassian/confluence_data_center
< 7.4.10
atlassian/confluence_server
< 7.4.10
Published
Feb 15, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026