Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.22/2023.16/2025.4 access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.22/2023.16/2025.4. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-64897. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe ColdFusion up to 2021.22/2023.16/2025.4 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain limited unauthorized write access potentially resulting in denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-64897 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 2021.21
• 2021.22
• 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
• 2023.15
• 2023.16
• 2025.0
• 2025.1
• 2025.2
• 2025.3
• 2025.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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