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TI-2000-00537 Aliases CVE-2000-0538GHSA-2mg9-gqjh-3ggm

ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login password.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08431 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.01VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.11VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.12VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5VulnerableAllaire
cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.1VulnerableAllaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.01 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.11 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.12 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5 Vulnerable ·Allaire
  • cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·Allaire

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0538
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mg9-gqjh-3ggm
  3. 2026-10-24 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
  4. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
  5. 2026-11-03 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-1999-00710 Undocumented ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) tags and functions in the ColdFusion… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00450 The Expression Evaluator sample application in ColdFusion allows remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2000-00057 Cold Fusion CFCACHE tag places temporary cache files within the web document root… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-1999-00471 The Expression Evaluator in the ColdFusion Application Server allows a remote attacker to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-1999-00873 Sample runnable code snippets in ColdFusion Server 4.0 allow remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2001-01075 Vulnerabilities in ColdFusion 2.0 through 4.5.1 SP 2 allow remote attackers to (1) read… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
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Sources

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