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/.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

99.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

CISA KEV

added 2022-03-25, used in ransomware campaigns

Nuclei

high · CWE-22

Published

2010-08-11

Updated

2026-08-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• greysneakthief/14641-v2

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-2861.yaml

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/coldfusion_locale_…

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16985
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14641

Vulhub environments (1)

• vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/coldfusion/CVE-2010-2861

Exploit collections (2)

• chaitin/xray/blob/master/pocs/coldfusion-cve-2010-2861-lfi.yml
• zan8in/afrog/blob/main/pocs/afrog-pocs/CVE/2010/CVE-2010-2861.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2010-2860
• CVE-2010-2862
• CVE-2010-2858
• CVE-2010-2866
• CVE-2010-2857
• CVE-2010-2883