CVE-2026-48384· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

ColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

ColdFusion is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in an application denial-of-service. An attacker with high privileges could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, leading to a denial-of-service condition. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Denial of service

EUVD-2026-56546

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Published: Aug 11, 2026
Updated: Aug 27, 2026
EPSS: 1.0% · 62th percentile
CWE: CWE-20

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 1.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · adobe: 4.9; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
adobe	coldfusion	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

adobe coldfusion2023
adobe coldfusion2025

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (adobe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Adobe ColdFusion 2023
- 2023.0.23not affected
- up to and including 2023.0.22affected
Adobe ColdFusion 2025
- 2025.0.12not affected
- up to and including 2025.0.11affected

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2023-29300Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data Arbitrary code executionKEV
99Now
CVE-2018-15961Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have an unrestricted file uploaKEV
99Now
CVE-2010-2861Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to reKEV
99Now
CVE-2023-38203Analysis CVE-2023-29300 Bypass: Adobe ColdFusion Pre-Auth RCEKEV
98Now
CVE-2013-0632administrator.cfc in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrKEV
97Now
CVE-2013-0625Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, and 9.0.2, when a password is not configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly exeKEV
97Now

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2025-43560455 days apartColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
42Plan
CVE-2026-4831636 days apartColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
40Plan
CVE-2026-4827742 days apartColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
40Plan
CVE-2026-4828142 days apartColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
40Plan
CVE-2026-4828428 days apartColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
38Monitor
CVE-2026-4792863 days apartColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
38Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope