THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2025-43563
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2025-43563

Coldfusion vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
10.3%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
ColdFusion versions 2025.1, 2023.13, 2021.19 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary file system read. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access or modify sensitive data without proper authorization. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, and scope is changed.
Affected vendor
Adobe
Affected product
Coldfusion
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control
Published
2025-05-13

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 10.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-43563

  • Confirm whether Adobe Coldfusion is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-43563.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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