CVE-2025-49535: 
Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE) vulnerability was discovered in Adobe ColdFusion, identified as CVE-2025-49535. The vulnerability affects ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier. This security issue was disclosed on July 8, 2025, and could result in a security feature bypass (NVD, CVE).

The vulnerability is classified as an XML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (Critical). The attack vector is adjacent network (AV:A), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no privileges (PR:N) or user interaction (UI:N). The scope is changed (S:C), with high impact on confidentiality (C:H) and availability (A:H), but no impact on integrity (I:N). The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference) (NVD).

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive information and cause denial of service by bypassing security measures. The vulnerable component is restricted to internal IP addresses, and the exploitation does not require user interaction (Fortiguard, NVD).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of ColdFusion. The vulnerability can be mitigated by applying the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor (Adobe Advisory).