Threats / Adobe / CVE-2024-20767
CVE-2024-20767
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-09-19
Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability
Adobe ColdFusion contains an improper access control vulnerability allowing attackers to access or modify restricted files through an exposed admin panel.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An unauthenticated or inadequately authenticated attacker can bypass access controls on the ColdFusion admin interface to read or alter sensitive configuration and application files, potentially leading to system compromise.
CISA KEV Yes · 2024-12-165EPSS 0.98514 (verify live)6Exploit Public PoC7CVSS 7.43CISA SSVC Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Impact: partial4
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
389 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-12-16).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.98514 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
CVSS 7.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) · Affected: Adobe, ColdFusion. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.CVSS — CNA-assigned (CVE.org), version 3.1, set at disclosure.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-284 Improper Access Control — weakness family: Authorization / access control.CWE — CNA-assigned (CVE.org); the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
CISA SSVC (triage disposition)
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialCISA's own stakeholder-specific triage inputs, published in the CVE record (CISA Coordinator role). NOTE: this is CISA's three decision points; the final Act/Attend/Track decision also requires a Mission & Well-being input not published here, so no overall decision is asserted.
Currency of the record
CISA added this to its KEV catalog 273 days after the CVE record was published.KEV lag = CISA-KEV dateAdded − CVE.org datePublished; a floor on how long the known-exploited flaw sat in the public record before the federal catalog listed it. Severity/weakness here is CNA- or CISA-assigned (current at disclosure), independent of NVD's analysis backlog.
Public exploit available
Public exploit tooling is catalogued for this CVE (a public proof-of-concept / detection template). Catalog entries: Metasploit module, nuclei template. We link the catalog page(s) only — no payload or code is hosted or restated here.Link, never host — the catalog page is the source; basicsecurity.net does not redistribute payloads.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I discover the ColdFusion admin panel is accessible over the internet without proper authentication barriers.
Business
The organization has failed to restrict administrative interfaces, creating an externally exploitable entry point.
2
Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I exploit the access control flaw to bypass authentication or authorization checks protecting admin functions.
Business
Administrative access controls are ineffective, allowing unauthorized operations on critical application infrastructure.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I access or modify restricted files including configuration, credentials, or application code through the admin panel.
Business
Sensitive data and system configurations are exposed or altered, compromising confidentiality and integrity.
4
Data at risk — exfiltration narrative 4
Attacker
I leverage modified files or extracted credentials to establish persistence or escalate privileges within the environment.
Business
The initial compromise expands into deeper system access, enabling data theft, malware deployment, or operational disruption.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by adobeCNA
Credited with finding itNo finder is named in the public CVE record or the scanned vendor advisory — attribution scoped to the sources checked.
Found an error? Propose a correction.
A correction is a cited counter-claim — it must cite a source,
gets reviewed by a second human, and is never auto-applied. See the
correction convention and our identity
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