cve-2023-38203
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-20 15:41
Modified
2025-02-04 19:04
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u17 (and earlier), 2021u7 (and earlier) and 2023u1 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-41.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-41.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Adobe ColdFusion Version: 0   ≤ cf2023U1
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2024-01-08

Due date: 2024-01-29

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

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-41.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38203

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