Adobe ColdFusion Remote Development Services Enabled Without Authentication

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55513

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Synopsis

The remote host has ColdFusion RDS enabled without authentication.

Description

ColdFusion's Remote Development Services allow developers to use IDEs such as Dreamweaver to manage applications. The remote host has RDS enabled without authentication. This means that a remote attacker can read and write files on the affected system.

Solution

Either disable RDS or enable RDS authentication through the administrator console.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3483a520

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55513

File Name: coldfusion_rds_unauthenticated.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/5/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:coldfusion

Required KB Items: installed_sw/ColdFusion