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/.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Metasploit 1 module
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ColdFusion Server Check
auxiliary/scanner/http/coldfusion_locale_traversal
Exploit-DB 2
- Adobe ColdFusion - Directory Traversal (Metasploit) EDB-16985 · remote · Mar 16, 2011 · verified
- Adobe ColdFusion - Directory Traversal EDB-14641 · remote · Aug 14, 2010 · verified
GitHub 2 repositories
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CyberCTF/vulhub-coldfusion-cve-2010-2861 ★ 0 · Oct 8, 2026
Vulhub coldfusion/CVE-2010-2861: Adobe ColdFusion 8 Directory Traversal (CVE-2010-2861), run with Isoloom
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greysneakthief/14641-v2 ★ 0 · Oct 22, 2025
Redux Python3 Version of CVE-2010-2861
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Adobe ColdFusion 8.0/8.0.1/9.0/9.0.1 LFI http/cves/2010/CVE-2010-2861.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.