CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1124

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.48%

70th percentile - higher than 70% of all known CVEs

Summary

The HTTP Client application in ColdFusion allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for web pages on other ports by providing the target page to the mainframeset.cfm application, which requests the page from the server, making it look like the request is coming from the local host.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to sensitive web pages, potentially leading to data exposure or unauthorized access to resources. This poses a serious threat to the security of the application and the organization's data.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update ColdFusion to the latest version and implement additional security measures such as access control and network traffic monitoring.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

HTTP Client application in ColdFusion allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for web pages on other ports by providing the target page to the mainframeset.cfm application, which requests the page from the server, making it look like the request is coming from the local host.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS