Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0538

Title: ColdFusion Administrator long login password causes denial of service

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0538

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Jun 07, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

8.43%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0538: ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long login password.

Impacted Vendors

allaire 1

macromedia 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96045469627806&w=2 http://www.allaire.com/handlers/index.cfm?ID=16122&Method=Full http://www.osvdb.org/3399 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1314 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4611 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96045469627806&w=2 http://www.allaire.com/handlers/index.cfm?ID=16122&Method=Full http://www.osvdb.org/3399 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1314 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4611

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0538 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19996

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 07, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.