CVE•Published 2025-09-09•Modified 2026-10-18•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-54261Adobe · Coldfusion
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
10.0
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
ColdFusion versions 2025.3, 2023.15, 2021.21 and earlier are affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution by an attacker. The victim must have optional configurations enabled. Scope is changed.
Timeline
Published 2025-09-09
Modified 2026-10-18
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-54261Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Adobe Coldfusion" version:"2021"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Coldfusion"HTTP body or banner mentions "Coldfusion" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-54261Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-54261Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-54261Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-54261GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-54261" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.