CVE-2025-61823
ColdFusion | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.53%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 55% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. A high privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and data on the server. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction and scope is changed.
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| adobeCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 2021.22
References
References1
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-202348 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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