critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2010-2861Adobe ColdFusion — Traversal in the Administrator Console

The ColdFusion administrator console serves files from paths the request chooses, letting a remote attacker read the password file and take the console over.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade ColdFusion past 9.0.1, and keep the administrator console off any reachable network.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2010-08-11
Added to KEV
2022-03-25
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
credential access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1083
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsNetwork access to the administrator console

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2010-2861 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07