Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability

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• cpe adobe/coldfusion2018
• vendor Adobe ColdFusionversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-38205

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Aug 10, 2023.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Jul 20, 2023 · Catalog

   Detected

   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.

2. Jul 20, 2023 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

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

3. Aug 10, 2023 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

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

4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   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.

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-38205

  Adobe ColdFusion contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows for a security feature bypass.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-38205

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-38205

  30-day exploitation probability 99.8%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-38205

  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 a

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-38205

  Adobe ColdFusion contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows for a security feature bypass.

  vulncheck.com

References

• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• CISA note · helpx.adobe.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• Third Party Advisory · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · fortiguard.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.