Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the... · CVE-2010-2861 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Oct 22, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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/.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Aug 11, 2010

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022

Last updated Oct 22, 2025

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.