Editorial: Exchange CVEs: The Response Plan Gap

Since the beginning of the internet, we have seen a near, if not an exponential, surge of information sharing amongst users in cyberspace. Not long after, we saw how the emergence of social media ushered an access to public online platforms where other internet users worldwide could share, discuss, promote, and consume information, whether by deliberate choice or not.

On 2 June, 2022 a critical vulnerability was identified in Atlassian Confluence (CVE-2022-26134). The vulnerability in question relates to active exploitation of unauthenticated remote code execution in Confluence Data Center and Server; meaning that the vulnerability could lead to code being executed remotely.  

In December 2021 a critical vulnerability surfaced named Log4shell within Log4j, a widely used logging tool for java applications. Log4j is used globally by computers running online services, which meant it impacted a multitude of people, organisations, and government organisations. Since then, multiple fixes have been implemented in the hope to avoid such an outbreak in the future.