---
id: "CVE-2013-0625"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2013-0625"]
title: "Adobe ColdFusion: Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.93758
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: [{"name": "Adobe ColdFusion", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["adobe-coldfusion", "exploited", "runtime", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["managed-hosting"]
published_at: "2013-01-09T01:55:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2013-0625", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0625", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0625", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
---

# Adobe ColdFusion: Adobe ColdFusion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Adobe ColdFusion has an authentication bypass that lets an unauthenticated user gain administrative access. It is on CISA's known-exploited list, and the EPSS exploitation score is 0.938.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Adobe ColdFusion affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the Adobe ColdFusion updates per vendor instructions; the specific fixed versions are not in the sources.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:52+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2013-0625
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2013-0625
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0625

## From the sources

Adobe ColdFusion 9.0, 9.0.1, and 9.0.2, when a password is not configured, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in January 2013.

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