CVE-2023-38205 (GCVE-0-2023-38205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-14 07:40 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:05
VLAI? CISA
Summary
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 ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe ColdFusion Affected: 0 , ≤ cf2023U2 (semver)
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2023-07-20

Due date: 2023-08-10

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

Used in ransomware: Unknown

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

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