CVE-2023-38205

HIGH KEV NUCLEI

Adobe ColdFusion <2018u18,2021u8,2023u2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2023-38205 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added July 20, 2023. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

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.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Adobe ColdFusion - Access Control Bypass
HIGHVERIFIEDby DhiyaneshDk
Shodan: http.component:"Adobe ColdFusion" || http.component:"adobe coldfusion" || http.title:"coldfusion administrator login" || cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion"
FOFA: app="Adobe-ColdFusion" || app="adobe-coldfusion" || title="coldfusion administrator login"

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.9431
EPSS Percentile 100.0%
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 active
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CISA KEV 2023-07-20
VulnCheck KEV 2023-07-20
InTheWild.io 2023-07-20
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2023-42025
CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (3)
adobe/coldfusion 2018 (18 CPE variants)
adobe/coldfusion 2021 (9 CPE variants)
adobe/coldfusion 2023 (3 CPE variants)
Published Sep 14, 2023
KEV Added Jul 20, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026