What is CVE-2019-8073?

CVE-2019-8073 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Cold Fusion, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-8073?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Adobe Cold Fusion

CVE-2019-8073

ColdFusion 2018- update 4 and earlier and ColdFusion 2016- update 11 and earlier have a Command Injection via Vulnerable component vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-09-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.083 (94.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.083 · newest: 0.083 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Adobe Cold Fusion — versions ColdFusion 2018- update 4 and earlier, ColdFusion 2016- update 11 and earlier
Adobe Coldfusion — versions 2016, 2018

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb19-47.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-8073?: CVE-2019-8073 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Cold Fusion, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-8073?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.