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CVE-2018-4940

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-4940 describes an exploitable Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier, and ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure if a user interacts with a malicious link. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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/apsb18-14.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103718
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry