CVE-2025-61822 ColdFusion | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
An attacker can write malicious files to arbitrary locations on the file system, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-61822?
CVE-2025-61822 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ColdFusion versions 2025.4, 2023.16, 2021.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system write. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write malicious files to arbitrary locations on the file system. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-61822?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2025-61822?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-61822 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-2025-61822 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-61822 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-8r3x-4gr3-hxhv.