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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-43566
CVE-2025-43566:
Adobe ColdFusion vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Adobe 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 identified as CVE-2025-43566. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 13, 2025, affecting Adobe ColdFusion software. This security flaw could lead to arbitrary file system read operations (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Path Traversal issue (CWE-22) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring high privileges (PR:H), no user interaction (UI:N), and changed scope (S:C). The impact primarily affects confidentiality (C:H) with no impact on integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) (NVD, Wiz).
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the disclosure of sensitive information through unauthorized file system read access. The vulnerability allows high-privileged attackers to bypass security protections and gain unauthorized read access to the system (FortiGuard).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the latest update from the vendor to mitigate the risk (FortiGuard).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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