Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-49539

Medium

Published: 08 July 2025

Published
08 July 2025
Modified
11 July 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 41.1th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-49539 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 41.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in a security feature bypass. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access sensitive information. Exploitation…

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of this issue does not require user interaction. The vulnerable component is restricted to internal IP addresses.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
coldfusion
2021, 2023, 2025

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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