CVE-2025-43563 (GCVE-0-2025-43563)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-13 20:49 – Updated: 2026-02-26 18:28
VLAI
Title
ColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
Summary
ColdFusion versions 2025.1, 2023.13, 2021.19 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access or modify sensitive data without proper authorization. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, and scope is changed.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe ColdFusion Affected: 0 , ≤ 2021.19 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-05-13 17:00
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