# CVE-2009-3960: Adobe BlazeDS Information Disclosure

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive information via XML external entity injection in Adobe BlazeDS and related products.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 7 Mar 2022 (CISA KEV), used in ransomware
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Feb 2010
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5wf6-gpr3-53cq

## What is CVE-2009-3960?

CVE-2009-3960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 15 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in BlazeDS 3.2 and earlier, as used in LiveCycle 8.0.1, 8.2.1, and 9.0, LiveCycle Data Services 2.5.1, 2.6.1, and 3.0, Flex Data Services 2.0.1, and ColdFusion 7.0.2, 8.0, 8.0.1, and 9.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors that are associated with a request, and related to injected tags and external entity references in XML documents.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3960?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Adobe Blazeds, Adobe Coldfusion, Adobe Flex Data Services, Adobe Livecycle, Adobe Livecycle Data Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2009-3960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 7 Sep 2022.

## Is CVE-2009-3960 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2009-3960 in the wild since at least 7 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.

Public exploit code:

- Adobe (Multiple Products) - XML External Entity / XML Injection (exploitdb)
- Adobe (Multiple Products) - XML Injection File Content Disclosure (exploitdb)
- Adobe XML External Entity Injection (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Coldfusion

- [CVE-2011-2092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2092/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-2093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-2093/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3960 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2009-3960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 15 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2009-3960 in the wild since at least 7 Mar 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.

Affected product: Adobe Coldfusion. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3960/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3960
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3960
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3960

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