Adobe ColdFusion cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Adobe ColdFusion. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-4941. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Adobe ColdFusion (Programming Language Software) (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe ColdFusion Update 5 and earlier versions, ColdFusion 11 Update 13 and earlier versions have an exploitable Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was shared 04/10/2018 by Matthias Kaiser with Code White (Website). The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-4941 since 01/03/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109017 (Adobe ColdFusion 11.x < 11u14 / 2016.x < 2016u6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-14)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370874 (Adobe Security Hotfix for ColdFusion (APSB18-04)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (109017) and SecurityFocus (BID 103718†). The entries VDB-118026, VDB-118027, VDB-118028 and VDB-118030 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 109017
Nessus Name: Adobe ColdFusion 11.x < 11u14 / 2016.x < 2016u6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-14)
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OpenVAS ID: 860355
OpenVAS Name: Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Vulnerabilities-APSB18-14
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: helpx.adobe.com
Researcher: Matthias Kaiser
Organization: Code White
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-4941 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-4941
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-118029
SecurityFocus: 103718 - Adobe ColdFusion APSB18-14 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 05/20/2018 10:50
Updated: 02/07/2020 15:30
Changes: 05/20/2018 10:50 (70), 02/07/2020 15:30 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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