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CVE-2023-26347: CVE-2023-38205 issues | ColdFusion Admin Panel Access

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 33/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB / GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 10% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 95.6% 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).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; 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 · FIRST EPSS

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2023.5 (and earlier) and 2021.11 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access the administration CFM and CFC endpoints. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Published
Nov 17, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
10.0% · 95th percentile

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Action score

33

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
3 / 30 · 10.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · adobe
7.5
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
adobecoldfusion

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

    • up to and including 2021.11affected · semver

Affected versions

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

  • adobe coldfusionbefore 2021
  • adobe coldfusion2021
  • adobe coldfusion2023

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-2023-38205Sep 14, 2023 · ColdFusion Bypass - Vulnerability disclosure in ColdFusion | BYPASS CVE-2023-29298KEV
    90Now
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-38206Sep 14, 2023 · ColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
    21Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-44350Nov 17, 2023 · ColdFusion | Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
    58Plan

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

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Nuclei detection template ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2023-26347 —

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.

Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2023-26360239 days apartAdobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Arbitrary code executionKEV
    93Now
  • CVE-2023-3820564 days apartColdFusion Bypass - Vulnerability disclosure in ColdFusion | BYPASS CVE-2023-29298KEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2023-29298128 days apartAdobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Security feature bypassKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2024-20767122 days apartColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)KEV
    89Now
  • CVE-2025-30281508 days apartColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
    43Plan
  • CVE-2024-34112209 days apartColdFusion CFDOCUMENT file retrieval / access control bypass
    37Monitor

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

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

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · 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
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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