CVE-2025-49551 (GCVE-0-2025-49551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-08 20:49 – Updated: 2025-07-10 03:55
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Summary
ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by a Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive systems or data. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. The vulnerable component is restricted to internal IP addresses.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798)
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe ColdFusion Affected: 0 , ≤ 2021.20 (semver)
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