CVE-2025-49546Network attack vector

Partial service disruption via undisclosed access-control flaw

Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Jul 14, 2025

Improper access control in ColdFusion 2025.2, 2023.14, and 2021.20 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to disrupt service. Adobe has not published the affected code locus or the access-control operation performed incorrectly. Exploitation requires high privileges and access to an internal-IP-restricted component, and the reported consequence is limited to partial application availability loss.

CVSS severity2.4
Low
EPSS probability0.40%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Improper access control in ColdFusion 2025.2, 2023.14, and 2021.20 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to disrupt service. Adobe has not published the affected code locus or the access-control operation performed incorrectly. Exploitation requires high privileges and access to an internal-IP-restricted component, and the reported consequence is limited to partial application availability loss.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-49546
Published
Jul 8, 2025
Updated
Jul 14, 2025
Vendor
Adobe
Product
ColdFusion
Classifications
CWE-284, T1499.004
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=2021.20

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Adobe · ColdFusionversion=0 <=2021.20

Published CVSS scores

2.4Adobe Systems Incorporated CNACVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
2.7Adobe Security Bulletin APSB25-69CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-284Improper Access Control
T1499.004Endpoint Denial of Service: Application or System Exploitation

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