Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.18/2023.12/2025.0 improper authentication

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.18/2023.12/2025.0 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes improper authentication. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-30282. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.18/2023.12/2025.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ColdFusion versions 2023.12, 2021.18, 2025.0 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authentication vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication mechanisms and execute code with the privileges of the authenticated user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must be coerced into performing actions within the application.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30282 since 03/20/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234235 (Adobe ColdFusion 2021.x < 2021u19 / 2023.x < 2023u13 / 2025.x < 2025u1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-15)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234235). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• ColdFusion

Version

• 2021.0
• 2021.1
• 2021.2
• 2021.3
• 2021.4
• 2021.5
• 2021.6
• 2021.7
• 2021.8
• 2021.9
• 2021.10
• 2021.11
• 2021.12
• 2021.13
• 2021.14
• 2021.15
• 2021.16
• 2021.17
• 2021.18
• 2023.0
• 2023.1
• 2023.2
• 2023.3
• 2023.4
• 2023.5
• 2023.6
• 2023.7
• 2023.8
• 2023.9
• 2023.10
• 2023.11
• 2023.12
• 2025

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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