# CVE-2025-30290: ColdFusion | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

> High-privileged attackers can exploit path traversal in Adobe ColdFusion to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized write and delete access.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 9 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3gxj-2579-vrcc

## What is CVE-2025-30290?

CVE-2025-30290 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 8 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ColdFusion versions 2023.12, 2021.18, 2025.0 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to a security feature bypass. A high privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized write and delete access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30290?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Coldfusion.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-30290?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-30290 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Coldfusion

- [CVE-2026-48282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-48282/): Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-38203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38203/): Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-29300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29300/): Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-26359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26359/): Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-15961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15961/): Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-30290 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-30290 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 8 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-30290 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Coldfusion. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30290/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30290
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30290
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30290

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30290/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.