CVE-2010-2861
critical CISA KEVAdobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Adobe — ColdFusion
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/.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2010-08-11 18:47
Modified: 2026-10-02 14:55
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC
Exploitation
Listed in CISA KEV
Added 2022-03-25 · due 2022-04-15
Known ransomware use: Known
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
adobe / coldfusion ≤9.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
Vendor advisory: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137 psirt@adobe.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148 psirt@adobe.com
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html psirt@adobe.com
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/ psirt@adobe.com
- http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07 psirt@adobe.com
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
CISA KEV — fetched 2026-10-27 06:50 UTC · record ↗
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:07 UTC · record ↗