ColdFusion versions 2025.9, 2023.20 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

Reports indicate that in-the-wild exploitation has been observed for this ColdFusion vulnerability. Organizations are strongly advised to apply the available patches soon.

The remote Adobe ColdFusion instance has its Remote Development Service (RDS) enabled without authentication and is affected by a path traversal vulnerability in the RDS FILEIO handler exposed through the /CFIDE/main/ide.cfm endpoint. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can leverage this issue to read and write arbitrary files on the underlying file system, ultimately leading to arbitrary code execution in the context of the ColdFusion service account.

Adobe ColdFusion 2025 (Update 9 and earlier) and 2023 (Update 20 and earlier) are affected.

The version of Adobe ColdFusion installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2023.x update 21 or 2025.x update 10.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB26-68 advisory.

  - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution     (CVE-2026-48276, CVE-2026-48283)

  - Improper Input Validation potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-48277, CVE-2026-48281,     CVE-2026-48316)

  - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') potentially leading to     Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-48282)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
115295	Adobe ColdFusion Remote Development Service Path Traversal	Web App Scanning	Component Vulnerability	critical
324965	Adobe ColdFusion 2023.x < 2023u21 / 2025.x < 2025u10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB26-68)	Nessus	Windows	critical

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