Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2025-43566ColdFusion | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in ColdFusion from Adobe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 58.2% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)58.2%top 0.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ColdFusion versions 2025.1, 2023.13, 2021.19 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized read access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	ColdFusion	0 – through 2021.19

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb25-52.html vendor-advisory