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CVE-2022-38418: Adobe ColdFusion Application Server Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 80.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected products

• Adobe ColdFusion: 2018, 2018-update1, 2018-update10, 2018-update11, 2018-update12, 2018-update13 (+14)

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-44.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-44.html

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