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CVE-2022-38421: Adobe ColdFusion Application Server Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 79.6% 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, but does require administrator privileges.

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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