Adobe ColdFusion - LFI (CVE-2024-20767)

CVE-2024-20767 is an Improper Access Control vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion which may enable attackers to read arbitrary files from the file system, potentially exposing sensitive data or allowing unauthorized modifications. This issue only arises when the administrative panel is accessible from the internet.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 10th of March 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-20767 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2024-20767 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Threat actors are primarily probing for URLs containing cfide/adminapi/_servermanager/servermanager.cfc?method=getheartbeat and pms?module=logging to identify and exploit vulnerable deployments.