CVE-2023-38203

Analysis CVE-2023-29300 Bypass: Adobe ColdFusion Pre-Auth RCE

KEV RANSOMWARECRITICAL 9.8EPSS 97.1%

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u17 (and earlier), 2021u7 (and earlier) and 2023u1 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected: Adobe · ColdFusion
CVSS v3.1 ADOBE: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 97.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
CISA KEV: added 2024-01-08, used in ransomware campaigns
Nuclei: critical · CWE-502
Published: 2023-07-20
Updated: 2025-10-21

Nuclei templates (1)

projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-38203.yaml

Security advisories

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-41.html
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38203

References

CVE Record
NVD entry