What is CVE-2022-28818?

CVE-2022-28818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-28818?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Adobe Coldfusion

CVE-2022-28818

ColdFusion versions CF2021U3 (and earlier) and CF2018U13 are affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.448 (98.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.440 · newest: 0.448 · change: +0.008

Affected products

Adobe Coldfusion — versions unspecified, 2018, 2021

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-22.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28818?: CVE-2022-28818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-28818?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.