CVE-2013-0632

Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.8
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Mar 2022
  • A public exploit reference is listed

Description

administrator.cfc in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, and 10 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code by logging in to the RDS component using the default empty password and leveraging this session to access the administrative web interface, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.

Key facts

Published
17 Jan 2013
Last changed
22 Oct 2025
Assigned by
adobe
KEV added
3 Mar 2022
KEV fix due
24 Mar 2022
EPSS
93.076% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.837% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.

No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 17 Jan 2013 Published
  2. 3 Mar 2022 CVE-2013-0632 added to CISA KEV
  3. 3 Mar 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

References