CVE-2021-40698 (GCVE-0-2021-40698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-07 12:54 – Updated: 2024-09-04 20:07
VLAI
Title
ColdFusion Use of Inherently Dangerous Function Leads To Security feature bypass  
Summary
ColdFusion version 2021 update 1 (and earlier) and versions 2018.10 (and earlier) are impacted by an Use of Inherently Dangerous Function vulnerability that can lead to a security feature bypass  . An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access and manipulate arbitrary data on the environment.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-04 20:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-242 - Use of Inherently Dangerous Function (CWE-242)
Assigner
adobe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 803 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe ColdFusion Affected: 0 , ≤ 2018.11 (semver)
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adobe coldfusion Affected: 0 , ≤ 2018.11 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2021-09-14 17:00
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