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CVE-2025-54261

ColdFusion versions 2025.3, 2023.15, 2021.21 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 by an attacker.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 25.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

ColdFusion versions 2025.3, 2023.15, 2021.21 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 by an attacker. The victim must have optional configurations enabled. Scope is changed.

CVSS 3.1
10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
25.27% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
adobe/coldfusion
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%20 October 2026: 25.27%27 October 2026: 25.27%20 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 25.3% on 20 October 2026 to 25.3% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.