high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2023-29298Adobe ColdFusion — Improper Access Control on Admin Paths

Adobe ColdFusion lets a request reach administrative paths it should not, which attackers paired with a neighbouring flaw to run code on the server.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Apply Adobe's ColdFusion update for the 2018, 2021 and 2023 releases, and restrict who can reach the administrator.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2023-07-12
Added to KEV
2023-07-20
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1078
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the administrator paths

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2023-29298 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07