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CVE-2018-15961

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15961 is a critical unrestricted file upload vulnerability affecting Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files, leading to remote code execution with a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical). The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and Nuclei templates, and has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:11.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:11.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:11.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:11.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:11.0:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Adobe ColdFusion CKEditor unrestricted file upload · Sep 11, 2018
Nuclei: CVE-2018-15961 · Nov 10, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-45979 · Dec 11, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9995 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
helpx.adobe.com / security/products/coldfusion/apsb18-33.html
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/45979
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/105314
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041621
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry