CVE-2000-0538

ColdFusion Server - Denial of Service via Long Login Password

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0538. PoCs published by Stuart McClure.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a denial of service vulnerability in Allaire ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier versions. The attack involves submitting a string of over 40,000 characters to the password field in the Administrator login page, causing CPU utilization to spike to 100%.

Description

ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login password.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Stuart McClure · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19996

This is a writeup describing a denial of service vulnerability in Allaire ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier versions. The attack involves submitting a string of over 40,000 characters to the password field in the Administrator login page, causing CPU utilization to spike to 100%.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Allaire ColdFusion 4.5.1 or previous
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the ColdFusion Administrator login page · Ability to modify and submit a local HTML form
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96045469627806&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4611
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/3399
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_allaire
http://www.allaire.com/handlers/index.cfm?ID=16122&Method=Full
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1314

Scores

EPSS 0.0843
EPSS Percentile 94.4%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
allaire/coldfusion_server 2.0
allaire/coldfusion_server 3.0
allaire/coldfusion_server 3.01
allaire/coldfusion_server 3.1
allaire/coldfusion_server 3.11
allaire/coldfusion_server 3.12
allaire/coldfusion_server 4.0
allaire/coldfusion_server 4.0.1
allaire/coldfusion_server 4.5
allaire/coldfusion_server 4.5.1
Published Jun 07, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026