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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2009-1872 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1, 8, and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbit…

published 2009-08-18 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1867

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.1%
EPSS 16.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
4
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1, 8, and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the startRow parameter to administrator/logviewer/searchlog.cfm, or the query string to (2) wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm, (3) wizards/common/_authenticatewizarduser.cfm, or (4) administrator/enter.cfm.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33170)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33170 Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 - '/administrator/enter.cfm' Query String Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-08-17
  • EDB-33169 Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 - '/wizards/common/_logintowizard.cfm' Query String Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-08-17
  • EDB-33168 Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 - 'administrator/logviewer/searchlog.cfm?startRow' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-08-17
  • EDB-33167 Adobe ColdFusion Server 8.0.1 - '/wizards/common/_authenticatewizarduser.cfm' Query String Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-08-17
  • Nuclei template Adobe Coldfusion <=8.0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • dsecrg.com http://www.dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=122 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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