CVEs / CVE-2010-2861

CVE-2010-2861: Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Mar 2022
critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 99.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 2 Oct 2026

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Summary

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the locale parameter to (1) CFIDE/administrator/settings/mappings.cfm, (2) logging/settings.cfm, (3) datasources/index.cfm, (4) j2eepackaging/editarchive.cfm, and (5) enter.cfm in CFIDE/administrator/.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 11 Aug 2010 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a n/a	n/a	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	25 Mar 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	15 Apr 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Known
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	9.8 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-22

References

CVE-2010-2861 on NVD
CVE-2010-2861 in the CISA KEV catalog
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137 Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148 Broken Link
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/ Exploit
http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07 Broken Link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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