ColdFusion | Weak Cryptography for Passwords (CWE-261)

published 2024-06-13 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-34635

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

ColdFusion versions 2023u7, 2021u13 and earlier are affected by a Weak Cryptography for Passwords vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass. This vulnerability arises due to the use of insufficiently strong cryptographic algorithms or flawed implementation that compromises the confidentiality of password data. An attacker could exploit this weakness to decrypt or guess passwords, potentially gaining unauthorized access to protected resources. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

adobe coldfusion 2021.14, 2023.8

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb24-41.html advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-06-13)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Adobe ColdFusion

Classification

Weakness

CWE-261 Weak Encoding for Password
CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength

References

helpx.adobe.com /security/products/coldfusion/apsb24-41.html
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-34113
NVD CVE-2024-34113

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary