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CVE-2023-29301

41
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-29301 is an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability affecting Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16, 2021u6, and 2023.0.0.330468 and earlier. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass security features without user interaction, potentially compromising user confidentiality. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation (KEV list), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2023, <= 2023.0.0.330468CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
31.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3182 is in the 97th 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

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-40.html
Vendor Advisory