CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-61813

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Published: Dec 10, 2025 | Modified: Dec 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.6
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the server. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
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-update12 (including) 2021-update12 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update13 (including) 2021-update13 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update14 (including) 2021-update14 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update15 (including) 2021-update15 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update16 (including) 2021-update16 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update17 (including) 2021-update17 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update18 (including) 2021-update18 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update19 (including) 2021-update19 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update2 (including) 2021-update2 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update20 (including) 2021-update20 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update21 (including) 2021-update21 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2021-update22 (including) 2021-update22 (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-update10 (including) 2023-update10 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update11 (including) 2023-update11 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update12 (including) 2023-update12 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update13 (including) 2023-update13 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update14 (including) 2023-update14 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update15 (including) 2023-update15 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update16 (including) 2023-update16 (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)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update6 (including) 2023-update6 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update7 (including) 2023-update7 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update8 (including) 2023-update8 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2023-update9 (including) 2023-update9 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2025 (including) 2025 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2025-update1 (including) 2025-update1 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2025-update2 (including) 2025-update2 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2025-update3 (including) 2025-update3 (including)
Coldfusion Adobe 2025-update4 (including) 2025-update4 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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