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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Stored XSS requires authenticated low-privilege write access and victim interaction; scope change applies as script executes outside AEM's own context; no availability impact.
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CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Adobe Experience Manager is 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. Scope is changed.
AnalysisAI
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Adobe Experience Manager allows a low-privileged authenticated attacker to persist malicious JavaScript payloads in vulnerable form fields, which then execute in any victim's browser upon page visit. Affected versions span AEM 6.5 (through 6.5.24), AEM 6.5 LTS (through SP2), and AEM as a Cloud Service (through 2026.7.0). Adobe has addressed the issue in security bulletin APSB26-98; no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
Adobe Experience Manager is a Java-based enterprise content management platform handling web content authoring, digital asset management, and form-driven workflows. The flaw is a classic stored (persistent) XSS defect (CWE-79) in which attacker-controlled input saved to a form field is later served to other users without sufficient output encoding or sanitization. The CVSS vector records S:C (scope change), indicating the injected script escapes AEM's own execution context and affects the victim's browser environment - consistent with stored XSS where a contributor-level user plants a payload that later runs under a more privileged session, such as an administrator reviewing authored content.
RemediationAI
Apply the patches documented in Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-98 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-98.html). For AEM 6.5, upgrade to a version beyond 6.5.24; for AEM 6.5 LTS, apply a Service Pack beyond SP2; AEM as a Cloud Service environments are remediated on builds beyond 2026.7.0. As interim compensating controls pending patching, restrict form-field authoring permissions to the minimum set of trusted users to reduce the attacker pool, and enforce a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) header to constrain where scripts can execute - noting that CSP requires careful tuning to avoid breaking AEM's own JavaScript-heavy UI. Disabling external or self-service user registration on authoring environments further limits the PR:L attack surface.
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2025-210865
GHSA-fg3m-wg33-jx64