Deserialization of Untrusted Data in ColdFusion - CVE-2023-26359
Published: March 14, 2023 / Updated: April 5, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU73596
CSH Severity: Critical
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-2023-26359
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.
Affected software
ColdFusion
How to mitigate CVE-2023-26359
Install updates from vendor's website.
ColdFusion - addressed in versions 2018 Update 16, 2021 Update 6