What is CVE-2010-2861?

CVE-2010-2861 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2010-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2010-2861?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2010-2861 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2010-2861 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 68 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

Path Traversal in Adobe Coldfusion

CVE-2010-2861

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/.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2010-08-11 · last modified 2026-10-02.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.997 (100.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-11.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 100.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.997 · newest: 0.997 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Adobe Coldfusion

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2022-03-25. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2022-04-15.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: yes.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.gnucitizen.org/blog/coldfusion-directory-traversal-faq-cve-2010-2861/ (Exploit)
www.procheckup.com/vulnerability_manager/vulnerabilities/pr10-07 (Broken Link)
www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-18.html (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
securityreason.com/securityalert/8137 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
securityreason.com/securityalert/8148 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-2861?: CVE-2010-2861 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2010-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2010-2861?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2010-2861 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2010-2861 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating it is being actively exploited. 68 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.