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CVE-2024-20767: ColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 89/100)

  • CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Dec 16, 2024). Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jan 6, 2025.
  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 98.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% 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. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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

ColdFusion versions 2023.6, 2021.12 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access or modify restricted files. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Exploitation of this issue requires the admin panel be exposed to the internet.

HighCVSS 7.4 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded
Published
Mar 18, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
98.5% · 99th percentile

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Action score

89

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.4 / 10
CISA KEV
30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS
30 / 30 · 98.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · adobe
7.4
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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Dec 16, 2024. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Jan 6, 2025.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
adobecoldfusion

Affected versions

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

  • adobe coldfusion2021
  • adobe coldfusion2023

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 2021.12affected · semver

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

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-44353Nov 17, 2023 · ColdFusion WDDX Deserialization Gadgets
    63This week
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-44355Nov 17, 2023 · ColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-34112Jun 13, 2024 · ColdFusion CFDOCUMENT file retrieval / access control bypass
    37Monitor

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

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×5

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2025-07-28
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/gather/coldfusion_pms_servlet_file_readCVE-2024-20767 - Adobe Coldfusion Arbitrary File Readauxiliary2024-03-12
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2024-20767 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:342024-03-26
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12024-03-26
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:102024-03-26
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12024-04-01
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02025-07-19

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.

  1. Metasploit-6 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+8 d
  4. CISA KEV+273 d
  5. TodayOct 31, 2026+958 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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-2023-26360361 days apartAdobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Arbitrary code executionKEV
    93Now
  • CVE-2023-38205186 days apartColdFusion Bypass - Vulnerability disclosure in ColdFusion | BYPASS CVE-2023-29298KEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2023-29298250 days apartAdobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Security feature bypassKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2025-30281386 days apartColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
    43Plan
  • CVE-2025-43563421 days apartColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
    41Plan
  • CVE-2024-3411287 days apartColdFusion CFDOCUMENT file retrieval / access control bypass
    37Monitor

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

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

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.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control

CVSS vector

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

Change log

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

References

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

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