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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2023-07-20
Remediation due
2023-08-10

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-47.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38205

Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u18 (and earlier), 2021u8 (and earlier) and 2023u2 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access the administration CFM and CFC endpoints. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableyes
Technical impactpartial

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
AdobeColdFusion
0 to cf2023U2

References

1 Links

Record Details

Published
2023-09-14
Last updated
2025-10-21
Assigner (CNA)
adobe
Credited to
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