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Adobe Experience Manager EUVDEUVD-2026-100556

| CVE-2026-48398 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-13 psirt@adobe.com GHSA-4vwx-2j6p-jghh
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
    Lure victim with crafted URL/page
  2. Delivery
    Victim with session visits page
  3. Exploit
    DOM sink executes attacker JavaScript
  4. Execution
    Script runs in AEM browser context
  5. Impact
    Hijack session or act as victim

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 the attacker to craft a webpage/URL that manipulates the DOM environment so unsanitized input reaches a client-side DOM sink, AND a victim must actively visit that crafted page (UI:R) - the attack cannot be automated or performed silently against a server. Per the CVSS vector the victim also needs low-level privileges (PR:L), implying an authenticated AEM session rather than a fully anonymous target; this authentication requirement and the mandatory social-engineering/user-interaction step are the primary factors limiting real-world exploitation. Affected deployments are Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 up to and including 6.5.25; later versions are not affected.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 5.4) DOM-based XSS in Adobe Experience Manager, and the aggregated signals consistently point to a LOW real-world priority rather than an urgent threat. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) shows network reach and low attack complexity but is tempered by two meaningful constraints: it requires some privileges (PR:L) and victim user interaction (UI:R), and impact is only partial (C:L/I:L, no availability impact). CISA's SSVC framework reinforces this: Exploitation=none (no observed or proven exploitation), Automatable=no (cannot be mass-scripted because a victim must be lured into interacting), and Technical Impact=partial. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit in the provided data - all three absent signals align with the SSVC 'none' exploitation state rather than conflicting with it. No signals are in tension here; the low-privilege requirement plus mandatory user interaction and bounded (partial) impact collectively justify treating this as routine patch-cycle remediation, not an emergency. Note one point to verify with the vendor: Adobe assigned PR:L, but many DOM-based XSS flaws are reachable pre-authentication - confirm whether exploitation genuinely requires an authenticated session.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious URL or webpage that manipulates the DOM of an Adobe Experience Manager page so that attacker-controlled input is written into the page without proper sanitization. When an authenticated victim (PR:L) is socially engineered into visiting the crafted page (UI:R), attacker-supplied JavaScript executes in the victim's browser within the AEM origin, potentially stealing session context or performing actions as the victim. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.4% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026

DOM-based cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 (through 6.5.25) lets an attacker who already holds low-privileged access to an AEM environment run arbitrary JavaScript in a victim's browser session after the victim is induced to visit a crafted page or URL (CVSS 5.4; AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C). Because the scope is changed, the executed script runs in the context of the victim's browser rather than inside the AEM server itself, but the mandatory user interaction and the PR:L precondition mean the issue cannot be triggered automatically or silently against a server. Aggregated signals indicate a low real-world priority: CISA's SSVC decision framework records Exploitation: none and Automatable: no, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to apply Adobe's security update for this issue as documented in advisory APSB26-152 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-152.html) and move AEM 6.5 deployments beyond the affected 6.5.25 build; the provided data does not specify the exact patched version number, so confirm the target service pack or hotfix against the Adobe bulletin rather than assuming one. Patch status is therefore best described as 'patch available per vendor advisory', with the precise fixed build to be verified at the vendor source. Where immediate upgrade is not possible, compensating controls should target the two exploitation prerequisites: first, restrict and review who holds authenticated AEM access (the PR:L precondition), removing unnecessary low-privileged accounts, enforcing MFA and least privilege on author and publish interfaces - the trade-off is reduced operational flexibility for content editors; second, deploy a strict Content-Security-Policy (nonce- or hash-based script-src without unsafe-inline) to blunt client-side DOM XSS execution, accepting that CSP can break legitimate inline scripts and AEM components until tuned, and add output/DOM-sink encoding reviews to custom client-side components. Network-layer filtering and WAF rules offer only marginal value here because DOM-based XSS payloads frequently travel in URL fragments that never reach the server, so they should not be treated as a substitute for patching; alerting on suspicious script content in client-side rendering paths can help detection during the exposure window.

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

This is a DOM-based cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation) in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, reported by Adobe PSIRT and tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2026-100556. Unlike reflected or stored XSS, the malicious payload never has to pass through the AEM server: the attacker manipulates the client-side DOM environment so that unsanitized input reaches a JavaScript DOM sink (for example a client-side template, innerHTML-style assignment, or a value read from the URL fragment) and is executed by the victim's browser. That design is why the CVSS vector marks a scope change (S:C) and why technical impact is assessed as partial (C:L/I:L/A:N) - confidentiality and integrity are affected within the victim's browsing context, not the AEM application server. The vector's AV:N/AC:L means the crafted page is network-reachable and no special attack complexity is required, while PR:L plus UI:R indicates the victim must be an authenticated, low-privileged AEM user who then actively visits the crafted content; the Adobe advisory reference (APSB26-152) covers the affected 6.5 release train. No CPE strings were supplied with the input, so identification rests on the vendor product and the EUVD version range rather than CPE matching.

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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-delivered XSS requiring victim interaction (UI:R) and a low-privilege session (PR:L, per vendor); script executing in the browser crosses origin trust so S:C, with limited confidentiality/integrity impact and no availability loss.

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
0.4%
Top 65% exploitable
Prevalence
High
widely-deployed enterprise CMS/digital experience platform across large organizations
Data Quality
5 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 0.4%
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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