Deserialization in Adobe Coldfusion

CVE-2018-15959

Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.259 (97.9th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-15959: held from 0.259 to 0.259.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.259 · newest: 0.259 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15959?
CVE-2018-15959 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-15959?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-15959 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.