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CVE-2024-20767
Adobe ColdFusion Improper Access Control Vulnerability. Exploitation in the wild is confirmed by CISA, not predicted. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2025-01-06 (that deadline has passed); treat that date as the outer bound for your own environment. The fix is in the vendor advisory: Adobe Security Bulletins, linked below.
Actively exploited Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability, High severity, CVSS 7.4. Added to the CISA KEV catalog 2024-12-16.
Risk summary
Updated July 25, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-20767
Adobe ColdFusion servers with an internet-exposed admin panel are the population at risk: this improper access control flaw lets attackers read or modify restricted files without proper authorization. The 99% EPSS score says nearly certain exploitation attempts, and CISA confirmed real attacks on 2024-12-16. ColdFusion powers a long tail of legacy government and enterprise web applications that are easy to forget and hard to retire.
Do this: Patch ColdFusion, then verify the administrator panel is unreachable from the internet.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-20767
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Full tracking and change history for CVE-2024-20767
Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.
CISA required action
Federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date: 2025-01-06 (past due).
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Official fix for CVE-2024-20767
The authoritative fix and affected-version list are published by the vendor. Find the ColdFusion advisory on Adobe Security Bulletins.
Common questions about CVE-2024-20767
Is CVE-2024-20767 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-20767 was added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2024-12-16, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed, not predicted. Its EPSS 30-day exploitation probability is 99%.
What is the CISA deadline and required action for CVE-2024-20767?
CISA set the federal (BOD 22-01) remediation due date at 2025-01-06, which has passed; treat any unremediated system as overdue. The verbatim required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What fixes CVE-2024-20767?
The authoritative fix is in the vendor advisory: see Adobe Security Bulletins for the patched ColdFusion versions and any workarounds. KEV listing makes this a fix-first item: patch it ahead of higher-CVSS issues nobody is exploiting.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2024-20767?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2024-20767's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS, the KEV date, the CISA due date, and the required action. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
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