Deserialization of untrusted data in ColdFusion - CVE-2018-15957
Published: September 11, 2018 / Updated: September 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14746
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15957
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing serialized data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted serialized data to the affected application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
ColdFusion
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15957
Install update from vendor's website.
ColdFusion - addressed in versions 11 Update 15, 2016 Update 7, 2018 Update 1