CVE-2010-2861
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the administrator console in Adobe ColdFusion 9.0.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 99.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 Mar 2022
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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/.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 25 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module, a Nuclei template and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- ColdFusion Server Check (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/http/coldfusion_locale_traversalRank normal
Nuclei templates1 template
- Adobe ColdFusion 8.0/8.0.1/9.0/9.0.1 LFI (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-2861.yamlSeverity high
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Adobe ColdFusion - Directory Traversal (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16985remote, multiplepublished 16 Mar 2011Verified
- Adobe ColdFusion - Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14641remote, multiplepublished 14 Aug 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By adobe
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited, also by ransomware
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 99.7% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8137 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 8148 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-2861 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2865 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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