# CVE-2010-2861: Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2010-2861: Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2010-2861
Last updated: 2026-10-01T19:37:54Z

- Published: 2010-08-11 18:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-01 19:37 UTC · Assigner: adobe
- CVSS: 7.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 99.7%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-25, federal due date 2022-04-15, ransomware use: Known

## 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/.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Adobe: ColdFusion

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2861)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2861)
- [http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137](http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8137)
- [http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148](http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8148)
- [http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html](http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html)
- [http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/](http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/)
- [http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability\_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07](http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07)

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