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Adobe Experience Manager CVE-2025-64574

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-12-10 psirt@adobe.com
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: adobe
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privileged AEM user
  2. Delivery
    Inject malicious script into vulnerable form field
  3. Exploit
    Payload stored server-side
  4. Execution
    Victim browses to affected page
  5. Impact
    Script executes in victim browser session

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated low-privileged AEM account (PR:L) with the ability to write to a vulnerable form field, and requires a victim to subsequently browse to the page rendering that stored field (UI:R) for the script to execute. Exploitation is limited to Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.23 and earlier (including the 6.5 LTS and AEM Cloud Service CPEs listed); it is NOT remote-unauthenticated and does not work without both a valid foothold account and victim interaction. Impact is confined to confidentiality and integrity within the victim's browser context (C:L/I:L, A:N) with a scope change into the victim's session.

Impact

This is a genuinely moderate-risk, not high-priority, issue and the signals are internally consistent. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, base 5.4 Medium) describes a network-reachable stored XSS that nonetheless requires an authenticated low-privileged account (PR:L) AND victim interaction (UI:R) - two meaningful gating factors that keep this out of the critical tier. EPSS reinforces low urgency at 0.20% (9th percentile), indicating very low near-term exploitation probability. The flaw is NOT in CISA KEV and no public POC was supplied, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' No SSVC decision data was provided in the input. The scope change (S:C) and reflected impact on a victim's browser are typical of stored XSS and explain the elevated-but-still-Medium score. Bottom line: all signals agree this is a real but low-likelihood issue requiring an insider/foothold plus a tricked victim - patch in normal cycle rather than emergency. Note: no independent confirmation of exploitation exists, and the sole reference (APSB25-115) is an Adobe advisory whose slug year (25-115) matches a 2025 bulletin consistent with the CVE year.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated low-privileged author or form user injects a malicious JavaScript payload into a vulnerable AEM form field that is persisted server-side. When a higher-privileged user or other visitor later browses to the page rendering that field, the stored script executes in their browser session, potentially enabling session/token theft or actions in the victim's authenticated context. No public exploit code was identified, and successful execution depends on the victim actually visiting the affected page (UI:R).

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.23 and earlier allows an authenticated low-privileged user to inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form fields, which then executes in a victim's browser when the victim browses to the affected page. Exploitation requires a valid low-privileged AEM account and victim interaction, so it is not remote-unauthenticated; the scope change affects only the victim's browser session with low confidentiality and integrity impact. EPSS is 0.20% (9th percentile), no public exploit was identified at time of analysis, and the moderate CVSS score of 5.4 is consistent with a limited, interaction-dependent issue.

RemediationAI

Apply the remediation from Adobe advisory APSB25-115 for Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.23 and earlier; because no exact fixed version is provided in the supplied data, consult that advisory to identify the current patched service pack or hotfix for 6.5 LTS or AEM Cloud Service. If immediate patching is not possible, reduce the attack surface by removing or restricting low-privileged users' ability to write to vulnerable form fields, which directly addresses the PR:L precondition but may disrupt legitimate content authoring. Enforce strict input validation and output encoding for form fields, and deploy a Content Security Policy that disallows inline and untrusted script; CSP can break legitimate AEM components until properly tuned. A WAF rule blocking script payloads in form submissions can provide temporary coverage but is bypassable and prone to false positives, so tune it carefully before relying on it.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation, in its stored XSS form. Adobe Experience Manager form fields accept and persist user-supplied content; if that content is not correctly output-encoded when the form is rendered, script payloads are stored server-side and executed in another user's browser. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N shows network access, low complexity, required low-privileged authentication, required victim interaction, a scope change into the victim's browser context, and only low confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability impact. The CPE data identifies Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.23 and earlier, including the 6.5 LTS and AEM Cloud Service variants, as the affected platforms. EPSS is just 0.20% at the 9th percentile, and no public exploit code is identified in the supplied data.

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Severity by source

Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Stored XSS needs an authenticated low-priv account to inject (PR:L) and a victim to load the page (UI:R); script crosses into the victim's context (S:C) with limited C/I and no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).

CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed enterprise CMS/DAM across large organizations
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

27
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

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cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:aem_cloud_service:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:-:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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