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Adobe Experience Manager CVE-2026-110080

| EUVDEUVD-2026-100549 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-13 psirt@adobe.com GHSA-qvx8-35g9-945q
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
    Obtain low-privilege AEM access
  2. Delivery
    Craft malicious webpage with DOM payload
  3. Exploit
    Lure authenticated victim to visit page
  4. Execution
    Unsanitized input reaches DOM sink
  5. Impact
    Execute JavaScript in victim session context

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

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an attacker to hold a low-privilege authenticated account on the Adobe Experience Manager instance (CVSS PR:L) AND to induce an authenticated victim to visit an attacker-crafted webpage (CVSS UI:R) - both conditions must be met, which significantly limits mass or drive-by exploitation. The flaw is a DOM-based XSS (CWE-79) where attacker-controlled input reaches a client-side DOM sink in AEM without sanitization; it affects AEM 6.5.0 through 6.5.25. Limiting factors: mandatory authentication, mandatory social-engineering/user-interaction step, and impact confined to the victim's browser session (Low confidentiality and integrity, no availability impact). The scope-changed metric (S:C) means executed script acts beyond the vulnerable component's security authority (victim browser/session).

Impact

This is a moderate-severity DOM-based XSS (CVSS 3.1 base 6.1 per the provided vector, though the input lists 5.4 - note this discrepancy and verify with Adobe APSB26-152). The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity flaw that nonetheless requires BOTH low-privilege authentication (PR:L) AND victim user interaction (UI:R), with a changed scope (S:C) reflecting that injected script executes in the victim browser context beyond the vulnerable component. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the intelligence, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The combination of required authentication plus required user interaction substantially lowers real-world risk relative to the 'network' vector: this is not a wormable, unauthenticated RCE but a classic client-side injection with only Low confidentiality and Low integrity impact and no availability impact. Treat as a routine-to-moderate patch priority (standard Adobe Priority 3-type cadence) rather than an emergency, absent any exploitation signal. The main unknowns are the absence of EPSS/KEV/POC data and the CVSS score/vector arithmetic mismatch noted above.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with low-privilege access to an Adobe Experience Manager instance crafts a malicious webpage (or a URL/link containing attacker-controlled DOM-influencing input) and lures an authenticated AEM user into visiting it. When the victim's browser processes the crafted content, client-side JavaScript in the vulnerable AEM page sinks the attacker input into the DOM without proper sanitization, executing arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's authenticated session context. No public exploit code was provided in the intelligence.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

DOM-based cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.0 through 6.5.25 lets an attacker who holds a low-privilege authenticated account on the AEM instance execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of an authenticated victim who is induced to visit an attacker-crafted webpage, giving scope-changed access to that victim's browser session (low confidentiality and integrity impact, no availability impact). Exploitation requires both conditions to be met - a valid low-privilege account (CVSS PR:L) and victim interaction (CVSS UI:R) - which sharply limits drive-by or mass exploitation, and the effect is confined to the victim's browser session rather than the AEM server. CVSS 3.1 base is 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N); no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis. Note the independent assessment flags a scoring discrepancy against the Adobe bulletin, so the authoritative base score should be verified against Adobe APSB26-152.

RemediationAI

No exact fixed version is stated in the supplied intelligence, so the primary action is to consult Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-152 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-152.html) and apply the AEM 6.5 cumulative fix pack or service pack release it designates for CVE-2026-110080; because the advisory is the only patch reference available, treat the patched build number as unconfirmed until verified directly against Adobe's bulletin, and validate that the fixed release supersedes 6.5.25. Until the patch is applied, layer compensating controls that map to the two exploitation prerequisites: since PR:L is required, tightly restrict who can obtain an authenticated AEM account, audit and remove stale or over-provisioned low-privilege users, and eliminate anonymous or self-service registration paths on the author and publish instances; since UI:R is required, treat this as a social-engineering-driven attack and strengthen phishing awareness so authenticated operators do not follow unsolicited links while logged in. Deploy a restrictive Content-Security-Policy (for example a strict script-src with nonces and no unsafe-inline) on AEM-rendered pages to prevent injected inline script from executing - the trade-off is that broad CSP rules frequently break AEM authoring UI components and third-party client libraries, so roll it out in report-only mode first and tune. Where custom components or client-side scripts read URL fragments or other attacker-controllable sources into DOM sinks, add output encoding and use safe DOM APIs rather than innerHTML, and avoid rendering untrusted HTML in rich-text or dialog components. Because the assessment rates availability impact as None and the flaw is browser-side, network blocking or port restriction provides little benefit here; monitoring for anomalous client-side script injection in AEM pages and for phishing campaigns that target logged-in AEM users is the more useful detective control.

Affected VersionsENISA

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 0 ≤6.5.25

Affected Packages

euvd adobe_experience_manager_6_5 no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The issue is a DOM-based cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation) in Adobe Experience Manager, an enterprise content management and digital experience platform used to build and host public websites, portals, and asset repositories. Unlike reflected or stored XSS, DOM-based XSS occurs entirely on the client: attacker-controlled input reaches a client-side DOM sink (for example a script-driven HTML insertion point) without sanitization, so the malicious payload executes within the origin and security context of the AEM page. The CVSS vector's scope-changed metric (S:C) confirms that the executed script operates beyond the security authority of the vulnerable AEM component - i.e., within the victim's browser session on that origin - which is why confidentiality and integrity impacts are rated Low while availability is None. The vector also fixes the attack prerequisites: network reachability (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), a low-privilege authenticated position (PR:L), and required user interaction (UI:R), meaning the payload must be delivered to a logged-in victim rather than fired blindly. No CPE inventory was supplied in the intelligence feed; the affected lineage is tracked in the ENISA EUVD record EUVD-2026-100549 as Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 release 0 through 6.5.25.

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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

Network-reachable DOM XSS but requires a low-privilege AEM account (PR:L) and victim interaction with a crafted page (UI:R); script escapes component scope (S:C) with limited C/I impact and no availability effect.

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:L/VI:L/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 is affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by manipulating the DOM environment to execute malicious JavaScript within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a crafted webpage. Scope is changed.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 75% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely deployed enterprise CMS/digital experience platform in large organizations
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

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 0.3%
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
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

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.

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