CVE-2022-38421 (GCVE-0-2022-38421)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-14 19:42 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:48
VLAI?
Title
Adobe ColdFusion Application Server Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Adobe ColdFusion versions Update 14 (and earlier) and Update 4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction, but does require administrator privileges.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | ColdFusion |
Affected:
unspecified , ≤ CF2021U4
(custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ CF2018u14 (custom) Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom) |
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Nomenclature
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