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7.5
CVSS
High

CVE-2023-38205

PUBLISHED

ColdFusion Bypass - Vulnerability disclosure in ColdFusion | BYPASS CVE-2023-29298

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
Adobe
Product
ColdFusion
Published
Sep 14, 2023
EPSS
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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.

cisa nuclei_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-07-20 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
partial

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Jul 20, 2023

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-38205.yaml Apr 25, 2025

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Detected by Nuclei