Sigma rule: Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-e5d90f83f390, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398
Status
test
Level
critical
Author
Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Date
2020-05-26
Modified
2023-01-02
File
rules-emerging-threats/2019/Exploits/CVE-2019-3398/web_cve_2019_3398_confluence.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the exploitation of the Confluence vulnerability described in CVE-2019-3398

Log source

category
webserver

Detection

selection:
    cs-method: 'POST'
    cs-uri-query|contains|all:
        - '/upload.action'
        - 'filename=../../../../'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.initial-access
  • attack.t1190
  • cve.2019-3398
  • detection.emerging-threats

CVEs this rule names

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2019/Exploits/CVE-2019-3398/web_cve_2019_3398_confluence.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2019/Exploits/CVE-2019-3398/web_cve_2019_3398_confluence.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

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Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Confluence Exploitation CVE-2019-3398",
entity page, dataset version ref-e5d90f83f390, updated 2023-01-02T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/e9bc39ae-978a-4e49-91ab-5bd481fc668b (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule e9bc39ae-978a-4e49-91ab-5bd481fc668b, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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