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Improper Access Control

CVE-2025-64897

Medium
5.6/10

Summary

ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain limited unauthorized write access potentially resulting in denial of service. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published