Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Vulnerability

CheckOps priority index

9.0/10 Patch within 24 h

Severity7.5

Probability10.0

Exploitation5/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 99.7% higher than 99.95% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:

Exploited for 1,684 days 25 Mar 2022

CISA due date 15 Apr 2022 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 5 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)25 Mar 2022
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)25 Mar 2022
Used by ransomwareyes
EPSS above 10 %99.7%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

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/.

Affected products

ColdFusion

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

11 Aug 2010
Published
25 Mar 2022
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
25 Mar 2022
Added to the KEV catalog
15 Apr 2022
CISA remediation due date
02 Oct 2026
EPSS peak: 99.7%

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