High 7.5Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Aug 11, 2010

CVE-2010-2861Multiple 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/ad…

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 25, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 15, 2022, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 25, 2022; federal remediation due Apr 15, 2022; known ransomware useApply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 99.75% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: adobe
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 1, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

adobe coldfusion adobe:coldfusion	through 9.0.1	NVD

References

http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/x-refsource-misc, exploit
http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07x-refsource-misc, broken-link
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.htmlx-refsource-confirm, not-applicable, vendor-advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137third-party-advisory, x-refsource-sreason, broken-link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148third-party-advisory, x-refsource-sreason, broken-link
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861us-government-resource

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