CVE-2018-15961

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 1.000 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 7 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

100.0% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimaryCWE-434US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

exploits (7)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/coldfusion_ckeditor_file_uploadAdobe ColdFusion CKEditor unrestricted file uploadweaponized · metasploit
EDB-45979Adobe ColdFusion 2018 - Arbitrary File UploadPoC · exploit_db
bu1xuan2/CVE-2018-15961bu1xuan2/CVE-2018-15961PoC · poc_in_github
cved-sources/cve-2018-15961cve-2018-15961PoC · poc_in_github
orangmuda/CVE-2018-15961CVE-2018-15961 — ᴀᴅᴏʙᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴅғᴜsɪᴏɴ (ʀᴄᴇ) PoC · poc_in_github
vah13/CVE-2018-15961Unrestricted file upload in Adobe ColdFusionPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe ColdFusion≤ July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier versionsenisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. ColdFusion≤ 2018fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. ColdFusion≤ 2016 Updatefstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. ColdFusion≤ 11.0 Update 9fstec_bduRU
adobe coldfusion= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion= 2016nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion= 2018nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-09-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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