CVE-2025-49537 ColdFusion | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE-78)
A high-privileged attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands in Adobe ColdFusion via improper neutralization, requiring user interaction and internal network access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-49537?
CVE-2025-49537 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 8 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ColdFusion versions 2025.2, 2023.14, 2021.20 and earlier are affected by an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution by a high-privileged attacker. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction and scope is changed. The vulnerable component is restricted to internal IP addresses.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49537?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2025-49537?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-49537 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49537 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Coldfusion
- CVE-2026-48282 Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-38203 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-29300 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-26359 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2018-15961 Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf72-6m3v-v4jh.