CVE-2021-40699 ColdFusion CFIDE Improper Access Control Leads To Privilege Escalation

2023-09-0712:54:41

CWE-284

adobe

www.cve.org

cve-2021-40699

coldfusion

privilege escalation

access control

vulnerability

7.4 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

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

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

17.3%

JSON

ColdFusion version 2021 update 1 (and earlier) and versions 2018.10 (and earlier) are impacted by an improper access control vulnerability when checking permissions in the CFIDE path. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access and manipulate arbitrary data on the environment.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "product": "ColdFusion",
    "vendor": "Adobe",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "2018.11",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]