CVE-2018-15961

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-09-25 13:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-08-28

Assigning CNA

adobe

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8c60a37f584423f990682dff29d0aea948f1b69ecdece808f3a6673169400fcc

• helpx.adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb18-33.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com105314http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105314vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1041621http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041621vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com45979https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45979/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-15961government-resource