Description
is affected by an Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain limited unauthorized write access, causing a limited disruption to availability. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Published: 2026-08-11
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: 13.9% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

An Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability causes a security feature bypass. Based on the description, it is inferred that an attacker with low privileges could inject content that is not correctly sanitized, enabling limited unauthorized write access. The attack can disrupt availability at a limited level. No user interaction is required to exploit the flaw.

Affected Systems

Adobe ColdFusion 2023 and Adobe ColdFusion 2025 are affected. Specific version information is not provided.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates moderate severity, while the EPSS score of 14% suggests a moderate likelihood of exploitation. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. Although no explicit attack vector is disclosed, the flaw can be triggered by carefully crafted input to the ColdFusion application, likely through its web interfaces, without needing user interaction.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 24, 2026 at 16:26 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the official Adobe ColdFusion update referenced in the vendor advisory.
  • Validate and encode or escape all user-supplied output before rendering or execution, following secure coding best practices for the application.
  • Limit write permissions for low-privileged accounts on critical directories and configuration files to contain the impact of a potential bypass.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 24, 2026 at 16:26 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

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First Time appeared Adobe coldfusion
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Vendors & Products Adobe coldfusion

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Adobe
Adobe coldfusion 2023
Adobe coldfusion 2025
Vendors & Products Adobe
Adobe coldfusion 2023
Adobe coldfusion 2025

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description is affected by an Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain limited unauthorized write access, causing a limited disruption to availability. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Title ColdFusion | Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output (CWE-116)
Weaknesses CWE-116
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


Subscriptions

Adobe Coldfusion Coldfusion 2023 Coldfusion 2025
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T22:33:57.284Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T15:28:38.142Z

Link: CVE-2026-48376

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T18:35:18.998Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-11T17:17:59.877

Modified: 2026-08-28T00:17:56.180

Link: CVE-2026-48376

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T16:30:07Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-116

    Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output