CVE-2000-0538

Exp

ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login password.

Published: 2000-06-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0538 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.01%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0538

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19996 exploit_db edb 2000-06-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0538

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-14 9.13% 9.01% -0.13%
2 2025-03-30 13.77% 9.13% -4.63%
3 2025-03-29 — 13.77% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0538

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0538

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0538

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
allaire coldfusion_server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
allaire coldfusion_server 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0538

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