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Atlassian Confluence < 8.5.31 / 8.6.x < 9.2.13 / 9.3.x < 10.2.2 (CONFSERVER-101788)

🗓️ 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Confluence Server vulnerable to critical XXE via Apache Tika modules; upgrade tika-core to at least 3.2.2 and update related packages.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(282328);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-66516");

  script_name(english:"Atlassian Confluence  < 8.5.31 / 8.6.x < 9.2.13 / 9.3.x < 10.2.2 (CONFSERVER-101788)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Atlassian Confluence host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Atlassian Confluence Server running on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the CONFSERVER-101788 advisory.

  - Critical XXE in Apache Tika tika-core (1.13-3.2.1), tika-pdf-module (2.0.0-3.2.1) and tika-parsers
    (1.13-1.28.5) modules on all platforms allows an attacker to carry out XML External Entity injection via a
    crafted XFA file inside of a PDF. This CVE covers the same vulnerability as in CVE-2025-54988. However,
    this CVE expands the scope of affected packages in two ways. First, while the entrypoint for the
    vulnerability was the tika-parser-pdf-module as reported in CVE-2025-54988, the vulnerability and its fix
    were in tika-core. Users who upgraded the tika-parser-pdf-module but did not upgrade tika-core to >= 3.2.2
    would still be vulnerable. Second, the original report failed to mention that in the 1.x Tika releases,
    the PDFParser was in the org.apache.tika:tika-parsers module. (CVE-2025-66516)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-101788");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Atlassian Confluence version 8.5.31, 9.2.13, 10.2.2 or later.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-66516");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/12/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/12/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/07");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:atlassian:confluence");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"enable_cgi_scanning", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("confluence_detect.nasl", "confluence_nix_installed.nbin", "confluence_win_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Atlassian Confluence");

  exit(0);
}

include('vcf.inc');

var app_info = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:'Atlassian Confluence');

var constraints = [
  { 'min_version' : '7.19.0','max_version' : '7.19.9999','fixed_version' : '8.5.31' },
  { 'min_version' : '8.5.0','fixed_version' : '8.5.31' },
  { 'min_version' : '8.6.0','max_version' : '8.6.9999',  'fixed_version' : '9.2.13' },
  { 'min_version' : '8.7.1','max_version' : '8.9.9999',  'fixed_version' : '9.2.13' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.0.1','fixed_version' : '9.2.13' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.3.1','max_version' : '9.4.9999',  'fixed_version' : '10.2.2' },
  { 'min_version' : '9.5.1','max_version' : '9.5.9999',  'fixed_version' : '10.2.2' },
  { 'min_version' : '10.0.2', 'fixed_version' : '10.2.2' }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(
    app_info:app_info,
    constraints:constraints,
    severity:SECURITY_HOLE
);

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18 Feb 2026 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.18.4 - 9.8
EPSS0.01579
SSVC
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