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Adobe ColdFusion CKEditor unrestricted file upload

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Adobe ColdFusion CKEditor unrestricted file upload

Disclosed
09/11/2018
Created
03/19/2019

Description

A file upload vulnerability in the CKEditor of Adobe ColdFusion 11 (Update 14 and earlier), ColdFusion 2016 (Update 6 and earlier), and ColdFusion 2018 (July 12 release) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to upload and execute JSP files through the filemanager plugin. Tested on Adobe ColdFusion 2018.0.0.310739.

Author(s)

  • Pete Freitag de Foundeo
  • Vahagn vah_13 Vardanian
  • Qazeer

Platform

Linux,Windows

Architectures

java

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/multi/http/coldfusion_ckeditor_file_upload
msf exploit(coldfusion_ckeditor_file_upload) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(coldfusion_ckeditor_file_upload) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(coldfusion_ckeditor_file_upload) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(coldfusion_ckeditor_file_upload) > exploit

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