com/opensymphony/xwork/config/ConfigurationManager error with Confluence 8

Issue Summary

Upgrading SSO for Atlassian Server and Data Center in Confluence 8 throws com/opensymphony/xwork/config/ConfigurationManager

This is reproducible on Data Center: yes

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install Confluence 8
2. Upgrade the SSO for Atlassian Server and Data Center to the latest version

Expected Results

Upgrade is successful and plugin works with Confluence 8

Actual Results

Upgrade results in errors on certain pages (e.g. Authentication methods)

2023-01-13 10:03:33,996 ERROR [http-nio-8090-exec-3] [[Standalone].[localhost].[/confluence].[default]] log Servlet.service() for servlet [default] in context with path [/confluence] threw exception [Filter execution threw an exception] with root cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/opensymphony/xwork/config/ConfigurationManager
	at com.atlassian.plugins.authentication.impl.web.filter.authentication.ConfluenceAuthenticationFilter.shouldFilter(ConfluenceAuthenticationFilter.java:78)
	at com.atlassian.plugins.authentication.impl.web.filter.authentication.ConfluenceAuthenticationFilter.doFilterInternal(ConfluenceAuthenticationFilter.java:85)

Workaround

1. Verify version 4.2.15 is in <confluence-install>/confluence/WEB-INF/atlassian-bundled-plugins
2. Run the SQL query below

   select * from plugindata where pluginkey = 'com.atlassian.plugins.authentication.atlassian-authentication-plugin'
   

3. Take note of the pluginId and verify the filename has a version greater than 4.2.15
   
4. Then run the SQL query below:

   delete from plugindata where plugindataid = <pluginId>
   

5. Restart Confluence