{"id":"CVE-2023-26361","published":"2023-03-23T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-03-05T19:22:22Z","title":"Adobe ColdFusion Directory Traversal Arbitrary file system read Vulnerability","vendor":"Adobe","product":"ColdFusion","tier":"core","eol":null,"affectedVersions":[{"vendor":"Adobe","product":"ColdFusion","versions":[">= unspecified, <= CF2018U15, CF2021U5",">= unspecified, <= None"]}],"description":{"text":"Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 (and earlier) and 2021 Update 5 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in Arbitrary file system read. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, but does require administrator privileges.","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"summary":{"text":"Adobe ColdFusion versions 2018 Update 15 and earlier, and 2021 Update 5 and earlier, contain a path traversal flaw (CWE: improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory) that allows reading arbitrary files from the file system. An attacker can exploit this without user interaction, but must hold administrator privileges on the ColdFusion instance.","provenance":"ai","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T07:22:30Z"},"cvss":{"score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org CNA"},"epss":{"score":0.58663,"percentile":0.99103,"date":"2026-10-31","provenance":"source"},"kev":null,"vulncheckKev":null,"exploited":false,"otx":null,"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"references":[{"url":"https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb23-25.html","tags":[]}],"techniques":[],"reports":[],"affected":[],"advisories":[],"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2023-30182","url":"https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-30182","exploited":false,"exploitedSince":null,"provenance":"source"},"exploits":[],"exploitSources":null,"exploitRefs":[],"flow":[],"timeline":[{"date":"2023-03-23","kind":"published","label":"Published (CVE.org)","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26361","provenance":"source"}],"speed":{"daysToPublicExploit":null,"firstExploitFrom":null,"daysToKev":null},"priority":{"score":23.3,"factors":[{"name":"In a KEV catalog","points":0.0,"detail":"not listed"},{"name":"Recent KEV listing","points":0.0,"detail":"not listed"},{"name":"Known ransomware use","points":0.0,"detail":"not known"},{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":19.82,"detail":"percentile 0.9910"},{"name":"Named in threat reports","points":0.0,"detail":"0 reports"},{"name":"Public exploit code","points":0.0,"detail":"none found"},{"name":"Mentioned in OTX pulses","points":0.0,"detail":"0 pulses"},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":3.43,"detail":"base score 4.9"},{"name":"End-of-life product","points":0.0,"detail":"supported or unknown"}]},"lineage":{"familyId":"fam-class-adobe-coldfusion-cwe-22"}}