High severity · published Jul 12, 2023
CVE-2023-29301
Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier) and 2023.0.0.330468 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication…
7.5
CVSS
34.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier) and 2023.0.0.330468 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to impact the confidentiality of the user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)34.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
ColdFusion · Adobe
2023 through 2023.0.0.330468; 2018; 2018; 2018; 2018; 2018; +19 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29301
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29301
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-40.html
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