CVE-2026-48313
Published: 30 June 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-48313 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-40343
Vulnerability details
ColdFusion versions 2025.9, 2023.20 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 and limited write access. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability…
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to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Path traversal in public-facing ColdFusion server directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and arbitrary sensitive file reads (T1005).
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Mitigating Controls
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Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.