CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-4942

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: May 19, 2018 | Modified: May 06, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Unsafe XML External Entity Processing vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

Weakness

The product processes an XML document that can contain XML entities with URIs that resolve to documents outside of the intended sphere of control, causing the product to embed incorrect documents into its output.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ColdfusionAdobe11.0 (including)11.0 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update1 (including)11.0-update1 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update10 (including)11.0-update10 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update11 (including)11.0-update11 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update12 (including)11.0-update12 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update13 (including)11.0-update13 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update2 (including)11.0-update2 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update3 (including)11.0-update3 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update4 (including)11.0-update4 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update5 (including)11.0-update5 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update6 (including)11.0-update6 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update7 (including)11.0-update7 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update8 (including)11.0-update8 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe11.0-update9 (including)11.0-update9 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe2016 (including)2016 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe2016-update1 (including)2016-update1 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe2016-update2 (including)2016-update2 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe2016-update3 (including)2016-update3 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe2016-update4 (including)2016-update4 (including)
ColdfusionAdobe2016-update5 (including)2016-update5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References