CVE-2022-42341

Coldfusion vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

35.5%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected vendor

Adobe

Affected product

Coldfusion

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE) Reference

Published

2022-10-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 35.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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