CVE-2025-43566 ColdFusion | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
A high-privileged attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in Adobe ColdFusion to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized read access to the file system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-43566?
CVE-2025-43566 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 13 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43566?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2025-43566?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-43566 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43566 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Coldfusion
- CVE-2026-48282 Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-38203 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-29300 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-26359 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2018-15961 Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5fv4-pxmr-xgp8.