Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (adobe) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: adobe
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.24, LTS SP1, 2026.04 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. Scope is changed.
AnalysisAI
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Adobe Experience Manager (versions 6.5.24, LTS SP1, 2026.04 and earlier) allows a low-privileged authenticated attacker to permanently inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form fields. When any user - including higher-privileged administrators - browses to the page containing the tainted field, the script executes in their browser under a changed scope (S:C), meaning the impact extends beyond the originating application context. No public exploit code or active exploitation via CISA KEV has been identified at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity and broad version range make this a realistic internal threat in multi-tenant AEM environments.
Technical ContextAI
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is an enterprise-grade Web Content Management (WCM) platform built on Apache Sling and OSGi. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Stored XSS), meaning user-supplied input is persisted server-side and later rendered without adequate sanitization or output encoding in HTML context. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L indicates the exploit path is network-accessible, straightforward to execute, and requires only a low-privilege account (e.g., a content author or contributor role). The S:C (Scope Changed) flag is significant: injected scripts can affect browser contexts beyond the AEM origin, potentially enabling session theft or credential harvesting against authenticated administrators. Affected versions per EUVD span all AEM releases up to and including 2026.04 (the EUVD range is expressed as 0 ≤ 2026.04), covering the legacy 6.5.x line (6.5.24), the LTS SP1 track, and the 2026.04 cloud release.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to apply the patch or updated release documented in Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-56 at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-56.html. An exact fixed version number was not included in the available input data - consult APSB26-56 directly to confirm the target build for your AEM track (6.5.x Service Pack, LTS SP, or AEM Cloud 2026.x). As a compensating control prior to patching, restrict the content authoring role assignments to only trusted users, reducing the pool of accounts that could inject payloads (trade-off: limits collaboration workflow). Additionally, enforce Content Security Policy (CSP) headers on AEM publisher and author instances to restrict inline script execution - this can break legitimate AEM UI components, so test thoroughly in staging. Web Application Firewall rules can be tuned to detect and block stored XSS payloads in form field submissions, though bypass techniques exist and this is not a substitute for patching. No indication of a workaround sufficient to fully mitigate this issue without patching was found in the available data.
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External POC / Exploit Code
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EUVD-2026-35637
GHSA-j7gp-v4j4-93pc