Use of Potentially Dangerous Function in ColdFusion - CVE-2021-40698
Published: September 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56583
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-2021-40698
CWE-ID: CWE-676
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of dangerous code. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
ColdFusion
How to mitigate CVE-2021-40698
Install updates from vendor's website.
ColdFusion - addressed in versions 2018 Update 12, 2021 Update 2