CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-08-28•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-21273Adobe · Coldfusion
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.7
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
45
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 55% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
is affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read and write access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-28
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-21273Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Adobe Coldfusion" version:"2023"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Coldfusion"HTTP body or banner mentions "Coldfusion" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-21273Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-21273Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-21273Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-21273GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-21273" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.