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CVE-2023-29298

97
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-29298 is an Improper Access Control vulnerability affecting Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier), and 2023.0.0.330468 (and earlier). This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass security features and access administrative CFM and CFC endpoints without user interaction. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has publicly available Nuclei templates, indicating widespread community attention and exploitability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2018:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jul 20, 2023
Nuclei: CVE-2023-29298 · Jul 12, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9973 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/apsb23-40.html
Vendor Advisory