CVE-2020-29448

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The ConfluenceResourceDownloadRewriteRule class in Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center before version 6.13.18, from 6.14.0 before 7.4.6, and from 7.5.0 before 7.8.3 allowed unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files within WEB-INF and META-INF directories via an incorrect path access check.

Affected products

Atlassian Confluence Data Center: before 6.13.18; from 6.14.0 before 7.4.6; from 7.5.0 before 7.8.3 — fixed in 6.13.18, 7.4.6, 7.8.3
Atlassian Confluence Data Center: before 6.13.18; from 6.14.0 before 7.4.6; from 7.5.0 before 7.8.3 — fixed in 6.13.18, 7.4.6, 7.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Confluence Data Center 6.13.18, 7.4.6, 7.8.3; Atlassian Confluence Data Center 6.13.18, 7.4.6, 7.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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