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title: "CVE-2026-75993: ColdFusion - Reflected XSS"
description: "ColdFusion contains a reflected XSS caused by injection of malicious scripts into a web page, letting attackers execute scripts and potentially gain elevated access, exploit requires victim to open a malicious file."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-75993/
---

# CVE-2026-75993 ColdFusion - Reflected XSS

ColdFusion contains a reflected XSS caused by injection of malicious scripts into a web page, letting attackers execute scripts and potentially gain elevated access, exploit requires victim to open a malicious file.

CVSS base score 8.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.45% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75993)

## Details

Type

Reflected XSS

Impact

Client Script Exec, Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Published

8 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of ColdFusion.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75993](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75993)
- [https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-119.html](https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-119.html)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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