Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control – Security Bypass Before 2025.0
CVE-2025-30288 Published on April 8, 2025

ColdFusion | Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
ColdFusion versions 2023.12, 2021.18, 2025.0 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low privileged attacker with local access could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security protections and execute code. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must be coerced into performing actions within the application and scope is changed.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-30288 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2025-30288 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-30288

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Affected Versions

Adobe ColdFusion:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.08%
Percentile
23.45%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.