Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-38203
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-20 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-07-20 16:46:00 UTC
DescriptionAdobe ColdFusion versions 2018u17 (and earlier), 2021u7 (and earlier) and 2023u1 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.942410000 probability, percentile 0.999290000 (date 2026-04-20)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2024-01-08; due 2024-01-29; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-502

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorAdobe
ProductColdFusion
NameAdobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Required ActionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Noteshttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-41.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 - All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update1 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update10 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update11 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update12 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update13 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update14 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update15 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update16 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update17 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update2 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update3 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update4 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update5 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update6 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update7 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update8 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2018 update9 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 - All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update1 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update2 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update3 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update4 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update5 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update6 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2021 update7 All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2023 - All All
Application Adobe Coldfusion 2023 update1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Adobe Security Bulletin MISC helpx.adobe.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150715 Adobe ColdFusion Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (APSB23-47)
  • 378671 Adobe ColdFusion Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability (APSB23-41)
  • 731209 For Vulnerability CVE-2023-38203
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