⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2024-12-16. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-01-06. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2024-20767Improper Access Control in Adobe Coldfusion

Severity
7.4HIGHNVD
EPSS
94.0%
top 0.10%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2024-12-16
Due 2025-01-06
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 18
KEV addedDec 16
KEV dueJan 6
Latest updateJul 28
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

ColdFusion versions 2023.6, 2021.12 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access or modify restricted files. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Exploitation of this issue requires the admin panel be exposed to the internet.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.2

Affected Packages2 packages

CVEListV5adobe/coldfusion2021.12
NVDadobe/coldfusion2021, 2023+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
ColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)2024-03-18
GHSA
GHSA-r73p-8gx8-7pvg: ColdFusion versions 20232024-03-18
VulnCheck
Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability2024

💥Exploits & PoCs

3
Exploit-DB
Adobe ColdFusion 2023.6 - Remote File Read2025-07-28
Metasploit
CVE-2024-20767 - Adobe Coldfusion Arbitrary File Read
Nuclei
Adobe ColdFusion - Arbitrary File Read

🔍Detection Rules

3
Suricata
ET WEB_SERVER Adobe ColdFusion Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability M3 - Heap Memory Dump Module Unauthorized Memory Dump Attempt (CVE-2024-20767)2024-09-23
Suricata
ET WEB_SERVER Adobe ColdFusion Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability M1 - UUID Leak Via servermanager.cfc getHeartBeat Method (CVE-2024-20767)2024-09-23
Suricata
ET WEB_SERVER Adobe ColdFusion Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability M2 - logging Module Directory Traversal Attempt (CVE-2024-20767)2024-05-30

📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability2024-12-16
CVE-2024-20767 — Improper Access Control in Adobe | cvebase