Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.20/2023.14/2025.2 server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.20/2023.14/2025.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to server-side request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-49545. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.20/2023.14/2025.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. A high-privilege authenticated attacker can force the application to make arbitrary requests via injection of URLs. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed. The vulnerable component is restricted to internal IP addresses.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-49545 since 06/06/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-20704). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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
• 2021.19
• 2021.20
• 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
• 2023.13
• 2023.14
• 2025.0
• 2025.1
• 2025.2

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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