Arbitrary file read via undisclosed XXE path
Published Dec 9, 2025 · Updated Jun 23, 2026
XXE in Adobe ColdFusion 2025.4, 2023.16, and 2021.22 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files. Adobe has not published the affected XML-processing locus or the operation that accepts attacker-controlled external entity references. The network request requires no authentication or user interaction, but successful exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control and discloses file contents only.
Summary
What happened
XXE in Adobe ColdFusion 2025.4, 2023.16, and 2021.22 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary server files. Adobe has not published the affected XML-processing locus or the operation that accepts attacker-controlled external entity references. The network request requires no authentication or user interaction, but successful exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control and discloses file contents only.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-61821
- Published
- Dec 9, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- ColdFusion
- Classifications
- CWE-611, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 9, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=2021.22
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