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CVE-2018-15961

CRITICAL9.8
CISA KEV

Published 2018-09-25 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source psirt@adobe.com

Summary

CVE-2018-15961 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Adobe has 82 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 11 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

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

CWE-434CWE-434

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Adobe — ColdFusion

Name: Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability

Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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