Adobe ColdFusion - Path Traversal (CVE-2010-2861)

CVE-2010-2861 is a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe ColdFusion, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files through path traversal in the administrator console's locale parameter.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 10th of March 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2010-2861 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2010-2861 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2010-2861 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Observed exploitation attempts typically involve requests targeting /cfide/administrator/enter.cfm with crafted path traversal patterns.