Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2025 · Assigned by adobe

CVE-2025-61811ColdFusion | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-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 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. A high privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and execute malicious code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Adobe	ColdFusion	0 – through 2021.22

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

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb25-105.html vendor-advisory