Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLure victim to crafted webpage/URL
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ExploitBrowser processes attacker DOM input
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ExecutionJavaScript executes in AEM context
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ImpactHijack session or perform actions as victim
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 that a victim with an active AEM session visit an attacker-crafted webpage or URL that manipulates the DOM (UI:R), and the CVSS vector's PR:L indicates the attacker/context also requires low-privilege access to the application rather than being fully anonymous. Limiting factors: the mandatory user-interaction step (the victim must be socially engineered into opening the crafted page), the low-privilege precondition, and the limited impact (information/integrity at Low, no availability impact). Affected deployments are AEM 6.5 up to 6.5.25, AEM 6.5 LTS up to SP3, and AEM as a Cloud Service up to 2026.9.28187; patched versions are not exploitable. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity (CVSS 5.4) DOM-based XSS in Adobe Experience Manager with a mixed risk signal profile. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) indicates network reach with low attack complexity, but two meaningful friction factors cap the severity: PR:L means the attacker needs some level of authenticated/low-privilege access, and UI:R means a victim must be lured into visiting a crafted webpage. The changed scope (S:C) raises the ceiling because injected script executes in the victim's browser context rather than purely within the vulnerable component, but impacts are limited (C:L/I:L, A:N) - typical of reflected/DOM XSS (session/UI manipulation rather than full account or server takeover). No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; this reads as a standard vendor-disclosed (psirt@adobe.com) hygiene fix rather than an urgent, under-attack priority. Net: prioritize as routine patch-cycle remediation weighted up for AEM's broad enterprise footprint, not as an emergency. No conflicting signals were observed, though the absence of EPSS/KEV/POC data means exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from the provided sources. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with low-privilege access to an AEM instance crafts a malicious URL or webpage that manipulates the DOM environment, then lures an authenticated victim (e.g., a content author or admin) into visiting it. When the victim's browser processes the crafted input, attacker-controlled JavaScript executes in the AEM application context, enabling session actions or UI manipulation on the victim's behalf. No public proof-of-concept was provided in the input, so exploitation is currently theoretical based on the advisory. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
DOM-based cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager allows an authenticated, low-privileged user to craft a page or URL that runs arbitrary JavaScript in the browser context of a victim holding an active AEM session, which can expose session-related data and permit limited tampering with rendered page content. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (CVSS 5.4) means exploitation simultaneously requires the low-privilege precondition and successful social engineering of the victim, who must visit the crafted page, while the scope change reflects that the script executes in a context separate from the vulnerable component and the resulting impact stays at Low confidentiality and integrity with no availability effect. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, so the practical risk is concentrated in unpatched deployments, namely AEM 6.5 up to 6.5.25, AEM 6.5 LTS up to SP3, and AEM as a Cloud Service up to 2026.9.28187.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-released update documented in Adobe's security bulletin APSB26-152 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-152.html) - the availability of fixes aligns with the EUVD affected ranges, so AEM 6.5 installations should be moved beyond 6.5.25, AEM 6.5 LTS beyond SP3, and AEM as a Cloud Service beyond 2026.9.28187 per Adobe's hotfix or service-pack instructions; there is no evidence of active exploitation, so prioritization can follow standard risk-based change windows rather than emergency patching, though environments with many low-privileged author/review accounts deserve earlier treatment. Because the flaw is DOM-based and executed client-side, server-side output encoding, legacy WAF signatures, and input filtering are unlikely to stop it, so compensating controls should target the browser and the attack prerequisite: enforce a strict Content Security Policy (for example, disallowing unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval and restricting script-src to trusted origins), accepting that this can break inline scripts and some AEM author-side customization unless nonces or hashes are configured; set session cookies with HttpOnly and SameSite attributes to limit session theft if script execution occurs, understanding this does not prevent DOM manipulation itself; reduce the population of low-privileged AEM accounts that can host the crafted payload and restrict who may create or publish content that renders user-influenced markup, which may slow authoring workflows; and train users with AEM sessions not to open unsolicited links, noting that user education is only a partial control given the reliance on UI:R. If a patch cannot be applied immediately, these measures reduce exposure but do not eliminate the underlying DOM sink, so upgrading remains the only complete fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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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, meaning the malicious payload is processed by client-side JavaScript that reads attacker-controllable sources such as the URL fragment, query string, or other DOM state and feeds them into dangerous sinks like innerHTML, document.write, or script evaluation, rather than being reflected by the server. Because the injection point exists entirely in the browser's DOM, server-side output encoding, request filtering, and typical web application firewall signatures often do not detect or block it, and the victim's own browser executes the script with the trust of the AEM origin. The CVSS scope change (S:C) captures that the vulnerable component is the AEM web application while the impacted component is the victim's browser session, and the PR:L rating confirms that the attacker must already hold a low-privileged authenticated account within AEM rather than being a fully anonymous remote user; UI:R reflects the need for the victim to open the attacker-supplied page or link. Exact affected builds identified by the intelligence data are Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 from 0 through 6.5.25, AEM 6.5 LTS from 0 through 6.5 LTS SP3, and AEM as a Cloud Service from 0 through 2026.9.28187.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
DOM XSS reachable over the network with low complexity but needs low-privilege access (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R); script escapes to the browser context (S:C) with limited C/I impact and no availability loss.
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
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
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-100560
GHSA-hh6f-fx98-crmg
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB