CVE-2026-48321: Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Adobe ColdFusion 2025
ColdFusion is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read and write access. The vulnerable component is restricted to an administrative network zone by default. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Adobe ColdFusion 2025 contains an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability (CWE-863) that enables an attacker to bypass authorization controls, resulting in privilege escalation. This flaw allows unauthorized read and write access to sensitive components within the administrative network zone. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, affecting confidentiality and integrity while not impacting availability. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.3 (critical), reflecting the severity of the issue. No patch or official remediation guidance is currently available, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to read and modify sensitive data or configurations within the administrative network zone of ColdFusion 2025. This compromises confidentiality and integrity of the affected system components. Availability is not impacted. The vulnerability affects the security scope, meaning the attacker's privileges could extend beyond their original boundaries.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the administrative network zone and monitor for unusual activity. No vendor-provided mitigation or temporary fix is currently documented.
CVE-2026-48321: Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) in Adobe ColdFusion 2025
Description
ColdFusion is affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read and write access. The vulnerable component is restricted to an administrative network zone by default. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.3critical
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Adobe ColdFusion 2025 contains an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability (CWE-863) that enables an attacker to bypass authorization controls, resulting in privilege escalation. This flaw allows unauthorized read and write access to sensitive components within the administrative network zone. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, affecting confidentiality and integrity while not impacting availability. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.3 (critical), reflecting the severity of the issue. No patch or official remediation guidance is currently available, and no known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to read and modify sensitive data or configurations within the administrative network zone of ColdFusion 2025. This compromises confidentiality and integrity of the affected system components. Availability is not impacted. The vulnerability affects the security scope, meaning the attacker's privileges could extend beyond their original boundaries.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the administrative network zone and monitor for unusual activity. No vendor-provided mitigation or temporary fix is currently documented.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- adobe
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-21T15:28:38.137Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a56a78f68715ace43381316
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 21:18:07 UTC
Last enriched: 08/05/2026, 13:23:12 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 22:52:11 UTC
Views: 84
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