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CVE-2018-15961

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2021-11-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2018-09-25
  • WeaknessCWE-434

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Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-09-2513:29CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2018-12-11Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2021-11-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  4. 2021-11-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  5. 2021-11-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  6. 2025-02-0415:24SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Adobe coldfusion
BranchAffectedFixed in
11.0= 11.0no fix published
2016.x= 2016no fix published
2018.x= 2018no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As adobe, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Adobe ColdFusion
    Affected
    • = July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier versionsno fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2018-12-12

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-05-03

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-45979
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
5 repositories, unverifiedvah13/CVE-2018-15961cved-sources/cve-2018-15961xbufu/CVE-2018-15961orangmuda/CVE-2018-15961bu1xuan2/CVE-2018-15961
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/multi/http/coldfusion_ckeditor_file_uploadrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2021-11-03
Patch Due Date
2022-05-03
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-09-25
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-4gvr-xfhg-jc8f

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15961?

Adobe ColdFusion versions July 12 release (2018.0.0.310739), Update 6 and earlier, and Update 14 and earlier have an unrestricted file upload vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Is CVE-2018-15961 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2018-15961 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-05-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-15961?

CVE-2018-15961 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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