Vulnerability · CVE-2019-3398
Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
Published Apr 18, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center
Patch now
CVE-2019-3398 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 97.03%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe atlassian/confluence server · vendor Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center
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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- cpe atlassian/confluence serverversion unspecified
- vendor Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Centerversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2019-3398
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date May 3, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2019-3398 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 97.03%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 18, 2019 · Catalog
Detected
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
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-3398
Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center contain a path traversal vulnerability in the downloadallattachments resource that may allow a privileged, remote attacker to write files. Exploitation can lead to remote code execution.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-3398
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-3398
30-day exploitation probability 97.0%
first.org - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference47621
Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-3398
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
nvd.nist.gov - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152616/Confluence-Server-Data-Center-Path-Traversal.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155235/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155245/Atlassian-Confluence-6.15.1-Directory-Traversal.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-3398
Atlassian Confluence Server and Data Center contain a path traversal vulnerability in the downloadallattachments resource that may allow a privileged, remote attacker to write files. Exploitation can lead to remote code execution.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.