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Dec 15, 2020 8:41 AM UTC
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ColdFusion 2016 Standard vulnerability Trace method

ColdFusion 2016 Standard update 11 and IIS Server . Nessus scan  vulnerability on port 5500 Trace method enable. We add GET,POST in allow verb inside IIS Request Filter. But still we get vulnerability report. We remove add-on service (Jetty as report show Server: Jetty(9.4.2))

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    Charlie Arehart
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    Dec 15, 2020 1:30 PM UTC

    That port 5500 is indeed a jetty port, but not the one in the add on service. Instead it was another, implemented back in the cf9 era, as an alternative web server for the cf server monitor. 

     

    Anyway, here is how to close the hole:

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion/coldfusion-2016-excessive-cpu-usage-after-nessus-scan/td-p/9190118?page=1

    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)

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    Charlie Arehart
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    Charlie ArehartCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    Dec 15, 2020 1:30 PM UTC

    That port 5500 is indeed a jetty port, but not the one in the add on service. Instead it was another, implemented back in the cf9 era, as an alternative web server for the cf server monitor. 

     

    Anyway, here is how to close the hole:

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/coldfusion/coldfusion-2016-excessive-cpu-usage-after-nessus-scan/td-p/9190118?page=1

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    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
    Charlie Arehart
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    Dec 16, 2020 11:20 PM UTC

    Any thoughts, defaultne3mldqroexz? Did what I shared help? If so, can you please mark mine as the answer, to help future readers? If not, what are you seeing now?

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    /Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)
    Dec 15, 2020 10:29 AM UTC

    Moving thread to the ColdFusion forum from Using the Community

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