CVE-2025-43566CWE-22

ColdFusion | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Medium · published May 13, 2025

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it medium at 6.8. It sits in the 99.1th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
58%
Percentile
99.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

ColdFusion versions 2025.1, 2023.13, 2021.19 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized read access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.58199 · 99.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2025-05-13T20:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 MAY 20:49Z
    ColdFusion | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
    cvelistv5