Adobe ColdFusion Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Notification

Overview

Recently, NSFOCUS CERT monitored that Adobe has officially released security notices and fixed multiple Adobe ColdFusion vulnerabilities. Affected users should take measures as soon as possible. The key vulnerabilities are as follows:

Adobe ColdFusion Access Control Bypass Vulnerability (CVS 2023-29298):

Adobe ColdFusion has an access control bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to access management endpoints by inserting unexpected additional forward slash characters in the requested URL. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the target system. At present, the details of the vulnerability have been disclosed on the internet, with a CVSS score of 7.5.

Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization Vulnerability (CVS 2023-29300):

Due to a flaw in Adobe ColdFusion’s deserialization security check, unauthenticated remote attackers can carry out deserialization attacks by constructing malicious data packets, ultimately enabling the execution of arbitrary code on the target system, with a CVSS score of 9.8.

Reference link: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-40.html

Scope of Impact

Affected version:

• Adobe ColdFusion 2018<=Update 16
• Adobe ColdFusion 2021<=Update 6
• Adobe ColdFusion 2023=GA Release (2023.0.0.330468)

Unaffected version:

• Adobe ColdFusion 2018>=Update 17
• Adobe ColdFusion 2021>=Update 7
• Adobe ColdFusion 2023>=Update1

Detection

Relevant users can use version detection to determine whether the current application is at risk.

Method 1: After logging into the system, access/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm to view the version in the system information

Method 2: Execute the cfinfo – version (info) command in bin of the Adobe ColdFusion installation directory to view the version.

If the current version is within the affected range, there may be a security risk.

Mitigation

Official upgrade

At present, the official has fixed this vulnerability in the latest version. Affected users are requested to upgrade the version as soon as possible for protection. The reference link is as follows:

Manual upgrade

For Adobe ColdFusion 2018/2021/2023:

Step 1: Visit the following link to download the patch

Step 2: Execute the following corresponding commands based on the downloaded patch file (must have the ability to start or stop the ColdFusion service and full access to the ColdFusion root directory.)

Execute under Windows:

Execute under Linux:

Ensure that the JRE bundled with ColdFusion is used to execute the downloaded JAR. For an independent ColdFusion, it must be located in<cf_ Root>/jre/bin.

For more information, please refer to the official tutorial: https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/configuring-administering/using-the-coldfusion-administrator.html#serverupdate

Statement

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