Adobe ColdFusion Vulnerable to Improper Access Control
CVE-2023-38205

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Adobe
Status
Coldfusion
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 September 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟣 EPSS 94%🦅 CISA Reported📰 News Worthy

What is CVE-2023-38205?

Adobe ColdFusion is susceptible to an Improper Access Control vulnerability, allowing attackers to bypass security features and gain unauthorized access to sensitive administration endpoints. The vulnerable versions include ColdFusion 2018u18 and earlier, 2021u8 and earlier, and 2023u2 and earlier. Exploiting this vulnerability does not require user interaction, making it critical for organizations to address this issue promptly.

CISA has reported CVE-2023-38205

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2023-38205 as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Affected Version(s)

ColdFusion 0

News Articles

favicon imageBleepingComputer

CISA warns govt agencies to patch Adobe ColdFusion servers

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has given federal agencies three weeks to secure Adobe ColdFusion servers on their networks against two critical security flaws exploited in attacks, one of them as a zero-day.

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb...
vendor-advisory

EPSS Score

94% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • 📰

    First article discovered by BleepingComputer

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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