What is CVE-2025-49540?

CVE-2025-49540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-49540?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

XSS in Adobe Coldfusion

CVE-2025-49540

ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a high-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Maliciou…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Adobe Coldfusion — versions 2023, 0, 2025

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@adobe.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-49540?: CVE-2025-49540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-49540?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.