Assessment
Why it matters
CISA lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited; exploitation is confirmed; EPSS is 62.9%; technical severity is CVSS 9.8.
Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Who should care
- Teams operating ColdFusion
- Vulnerability and exposure management teams
- Security operations teams monitoring exploitation activity
Response plan
What I would do
- Confirm whether ColdFusion is present in the environment.
- Identify affected versions and establish whether vulnerable services are exposed or reachable.
- Adobe Security advisory APSB18-14
- Review relevant security telemetry for evidence of attempted or successful exploitation.
- Document the remediation decision and track it to verified completion.
Treatment intelligence
Remediation intelligence
Vendor sources are listed before government and third-party guidance. Confirm product applicability and change prerequisites before deployment.
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Technical details
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-502
- Affected versions
- Adobe ColdFusion (Version 11.0 | Version 11.0 | Version 11.0 | Version 11.0)
- Fixed versions
- No explicit fixed version is currently recorded.
- Published
- 19 May 2018
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
Signal timeline
- CVE published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Latest EPSS score: 62.9%
- Signal calculated at 81