CVE-2023-29298

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.998 · 100 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV

Likely / severe?

99.8% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2023-07-20remediate by 2023-08-10

required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier) and 2023.0.0.330468 (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.

cvss

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

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · psirt@adobe.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US

ATT&CK techniques

ATT&CK techniques this enables or maps to.

T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application — This vulnerability is used by exploited a public-facing application by exploiting a flaw in URL path validation.exploitation

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe ColdFusion≤ 0 ≤2023.0.0.330468enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. ColdFusion≤ 2023fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. ColdFusion≤ 2021 Update 6fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. ColdFusion≤ 2018 Update 16fstec_bduRU
adobe coldfusion= 2018nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion= 2021nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe coldfusion= 2023nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1715Adobe ColdFusion: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-07-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Adobe ColdFusion ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-07-12modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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