Threats / Adobe / CVE-2023-29298
CVE-2023-29298
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability
Adobe ColdFusion contains an improper access control vulnerability enabling security feature bypass.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
CWE-284 improper access control in ColdFusion allows attackers to circumvent security mechanisms. High EPSS score and active exploitation indicate immediate risk to unpatched deployments.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
441 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-07-20).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.99754 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Adobe, ColdFusion. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-284 Improper Access Control — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I identify that ColdFusion's access control mechanisms can be bypassed through improper validation.
Business
Unauthorized access to protected ColdFusion resources and administrative functions becomes possible.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the bypass to access restricted application features or data without proper authentication.
Business
Confidentiality and integrity of sensitive business data hosted on ColdFusion servers is compromised.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I leverage access to modify application behavior or extract credentials for lateral movement.
Business
Operational continuity is threatened; incident response and remediation costs escalate with wider system compromise.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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