Authentication bypass in ColdFusion - CVE-2013-0632

 

Authentication bypass in ColdFusion - CVE-2013-0632

Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: March 8, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4563
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0632
CWE-ID: CWE-592
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Adobe
Affected software:
ColdFusion

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to an error within administrator.cfc. A remote unauthenticated attacker can access Adobe ColdFusion application using a default empty password, login to the RDS component and leverage this session to access administrative web interface.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in unauthorized access to Adobe ColdFusion.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

How to mitigate CVE-2013-0632

Install update from vendor's website.

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