Vulnerability record

CVE-2013-0625

Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run ColdFusion, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Sep 7, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, and 9.0.2, when a password is not configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
ColdFusionAdobe9.0; 9.0.1; 9.0.2KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2013-0625 scored CVSS 9.8: Adobe ColdFusion, Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched ColdFusion systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0625
  • adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-01.html
  • adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-03.html
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57164
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0625