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CVE-2022-28818

Q: Is CVE-2022-28818 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-28818 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 44.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-28818?

CVE-2022-28818 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2022-05-12
Fixed in2018
WeaknessCWE-79

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

ColdFusion versions CF2021U3 (and earlier) and CF2018U13 are affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2022-05-1219:15CVE publishedNVD
2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-28818?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-28818?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Adobe coldfusion

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2018.x	< 2018	2018	NVD
2018.x	= 2018	no fix published	NVD
2021.x	= 2021	no fix published	NVD

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

Fix

Update Adobe coldfusion to 2018

Advisories and patches

helpx.adobe.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.16.1read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.06.1read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score44.8 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published: 2022-05-12
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28818?

Is CVE-2022-28818 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2022-28818 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 44.8% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-28818?

CVE-2022-28818 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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