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CVE-2013-0625: Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, and 9.0.2, when a password is not configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly…

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 97/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Mar 7, 2022). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 7, 2022.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 93.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Patch today or shut off access. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, and 9.0.2, when a password is not configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.

Published: Jan 8, 2013
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 93.7% · 99th percentile
CWE: CWE-287

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Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 28 / 30 · 93.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 7, 2022. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Sep 7, 2022.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
adobe	coldfusion	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion
apple	mac os x	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x
microsoft	windows	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows
opengroup	unix	cpe:2.3:o:opengroup:unix

Affected versions

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

adobe coldfusion9.0
adobe coldfusion9.0.1
adobe coldfusion9.0.2

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…KEV
99Now
CVE-2010-2861Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to…KEV
99Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2012-5674Nov 20, 2012 · Unspecified vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion 10 before Update 5, when Internet Information Services (IIS) is used, allows attackers to…
29Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2012-5675Dec 12, 2012 · Adobe ColdFusion 9.0 through 9.0.2, and 10, allows local users to bypass intended shared-hosting sandbox permissions via unspecified…
17Monitor
Later →CVE-2013-0629Jan 8, 2013 · Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10, when a password is not configured, allows attackers to access restricted directories via…KEV
80Now

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

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Exploit-DB entry	remote	2013-04-10

Research context

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Timeline

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PublishedJan 8, 2013
First PoCApr 10, 2013+91 d
CISA KEVMar 7, 2022+3344 d
TodayNov 14, 2026+5057 d

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-15-045 · May 6, 2015(AlertTA15-119A : Hedef Alınan Yüksek Riskli 30 Açıklık)

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

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Vulnerable

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
2

3// Route added later skips the middleware
4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

1const admin = express.Router();
2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
3

4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);
5app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

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Change log (0)

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-01.html

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