CVE-2024-20767

HIGH KEV NUCLEI

CVE-2024-20767 - Adobe Coldfusion Arbitrary File Read

Title source: metasploit
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2024-20767 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added December 16, 2024. EIP tracks 7 public exploits from researchers including İbrahimsql, yoryio, Chocapikk, including a Metasploit module auxiliary/gather/coldfusion_pms_servlet_file_read. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets Adobe ColdFusion 2023.6 (CVE-2024-20767) to achieve remote file read by leveraging a directory traversal vulnerability in the logging module. It retrieves a UUID via an admin API endpoint and uses it to read arbitrary files.

Description

ColdFusion versions 2023.6, 2021.12 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access or modify restricted files. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Exploitation of this issue requires the admin panel be exposed to the internet.

Exploits (7)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by İbrahimsql · pythonwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52387

This exploit targets Adobe ColdFusion 2023.6 (CVE-2024-20767) to achieve remote file read by leveraging a directory traversal vulnerability in the logging module. It retrieves a UUID via an admin API endpoint and uses it to read arbitrary files.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion 2023.6 (LUcee)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the ColdFusion server · Port 8500 (or custom) accessible
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 34 stars
by yoryio · infoleak
https://github.com/yoryio/CVE-2024-20767

The repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2024-20767, an arbitrary file read vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion. The exploit leverages improper access control to read files by chaining two endpoints: one to obtain a UUID and another to read files using directory traversal.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Update 6 and earlier), ColdFusion 2021 (Update 12 and earlier)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target ColdFusion server · ColdFusion server running on default or specified port
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 9 stars
by Chocapikk · infoleak
https://github.com/Chocapikk/CVE-2024-20767

This repository contains a functional exploit for CVE-2024-20767, an arbitrary file read vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion due to improper access control. The exploit retrieves a UUID from the target server and uses it to read sensitive files (e.g., /etc/passwd or Windows/ServerStandardEval.xml) via a path traversal attack.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion 2023 (Update 6 and earlier), ColdFusion 2021 (Update 12 and earlier)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Python 3.x · Target URL running vulnerable Adobe ColdFusion · Network access to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by Praison001 · infoleak
https://github.com/Praison001/CVE-2024-20767-Adobe-ColdFusion

The repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2024-20767, an Improper Access Control vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion. The exploit retrieves a UUID from the target's server manager endpoint and uses it to read arbitrary files via a path traversal attack.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion versions 2023.6, 2021.12 and earlier
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target ColdFusion server · Target server must be running a vulnerable version of Adobe ColdFusion
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC 1 stars
by m-cetin · infoleak
https://github.com/m-cetin/CVE-2024-20767

The repository contains a functional Python script that exploits CVE-2024-20767, an arbitrary file read vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion servers via the Performance Monitoring Toolset (PMS) endpoint. The exploit leverages a directory traversal technique to read files from the server.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion 2023.6, 2021.12, and earlier versions with PMS enabled
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target server with accessible PMS endpoint · Python 3.x with requests library
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WORKING POC
by alm6no5 · infoleak
https://github.com/alm6no5/CVE-2024-20767

The repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2024-20767, targeting Adobe ColdFusion. It leverages a vulnerable endpoint to obtain a UUID and another endpoint to read arbitrary files, demonstrating an information leak vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target Adobe ColdFusion server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →
metasploit WORKING POC
by ma4ter, yoryio, Christiaan Beek, jheysel-r7 · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/coldfusion_pms_servlet_file_read.rb

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2024-20767, an arbitrary file read vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion. It retrieves a UUID from the servermanager.cfc endpoint and uses it to read files via the /pms endpoint with directory traversal.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Adobe ColdFusion versions prior to 2023 Update 6 and 2021 Update 12
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target ColdFusion server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Adobe ColdFusion - Arbitrary File Read
HIGHVERIFIEDby iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch
Shodan: http.component:"Adobe ColdFusion"

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.9409
EPSS Percentile 99.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation active
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CISA KEV 2024-12-16
VulnCheck KEV 2024-04-11
InTheWild.io 2024-12-16
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2024-18482
CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
adobe/coldfusion 2021 (13 CPE variants)
adobe/coldfusion 2023 (7 CPE variants)
Published Mar 18, 2024
KEV Added Dec 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026