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CVE-2013-0632

Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

KEVEXPLOIT ×3 ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 93.1%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

administrator.cfc in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code by logging in to the RDS component using the default empty password and leveraging this session to access the administrative web interface, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 93.08% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits: 3 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 April 2013
CISA KEV: Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
Weakness: CWE-276
Affected: adobe/coldfusion
Source: psirt@adobe.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 93.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0632

Public exploits (3)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-30210 source ↗	Adobe ColdFusion 9 - Administrative Authentication Bypass (Metasploit)multiple · Metasploit	remote	11 December 2013	yes
EDB-27755 source ↗	Adobe ColdFusion 9 - Administrative Authentication Bypasswindows · Scott Buckel	webapps	21 August 2013	no
EDB-24946 source ↗	Adobe ColdFusion APSB13-03 - Remote Multiple Vulnerabilities (Metasploit)multiple · Metasploit	remote	10 April 2013	yes

References

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-01.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-03.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30210Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa13-01.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb13-03.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30210Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-0632US Government Resource

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.