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.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldfusion | Adobe | * | 2021 (excluding) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021 (including) | 2021 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update1 (including) | 2021-update1 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update10 (including) | 2021-update10 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update11 (including) | 2021-update11 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update2 (including) | 2021-update2 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update3 (including) | 2021-update3 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update4 (including) | 2021-update4 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update5 (including) | 2021-update5 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update6 (including) | 2021-update6 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update7 (including) | 2021-update7 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update8 (including) | 2021-update8 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2021-update9 (including) | 2021-update9 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2023 (including) | 2023 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2023-update1 (including) | 2023-update1 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2023-update2 (including) | 2023-update2 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2023-update3 (including) | 2023-update3 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2023-update4 (including) | 2023-update4 (including) |
| Coldfusion | Adobe | 2023-update5 (including) | 2023-update5 (including) |
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: