ColdFusion applications are often stable for years.
They keep running.
They serve users.
They “just work.”
And that stability creates a dangerous illusion:
“If nothing’s broken, we must be secure.”
In mature CFML environments — especially those running Adobe ColdFusion 2021, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, Adobe ColdFusion 2016, Adobe ColdFusion 11, Lucee 5.4, or Lucee 5.3 or older — risk rarely appears as a dramatic failure.
It accumulates quietly.
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