Privilege escalation via undisclosed hard-coded credentials
Published Jul 8, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Hard-coded credentials in Adobe ColdFusion 2025.2, 2023.14, and 2021.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to gain elevated access. Adobe has not disclosed the affected component or how its embedded credential is accepted to authorize a privileged operation. The component accepts requests only from internal IP addresses, but exploitation requires neither authentication nor user interaction and exposes sensitive systems or data.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in Adobe ColdFusion 2025.2, 2023.14, and 2021.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to gain elevated access. Adobe has not disclosed the affected component or how its embedded credential is accepted to authorize a privileged operation. The component accepts requests only from internal IP addresses, but exploitation requires neither authentication nor user interaction and exposes sensitive systems or data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-49551
- Published
- Jul 8, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- ColdFusion
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1078
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2021.20
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