Description
Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier) and 2023.0.0.330468 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to impact the confidentiality of the user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-40.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-307
Status
published
Products (3)
adobe/coldfusion
2018 (17 CPE variants)
adobe/coldfusion
2021 (7 CPE variants)
adobe/coldfusion
2023 - 2023.0.0.330468
Published
Jul 12, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026