CVE-2025-46907 in Experience Manager
Summary
by MITRE • 06/11/2025
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 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.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 06/11/2025
Adobe Experience Manager represents a comprehensive digital experience platform that serves as a content management system for enterprise organizations. The platform provides robust functionality for creating, managing, and delivering digital content across multiple channels while maintaining security standards for sensitive business data. This particular vulnerability affects versions 6.5.22 and earlier, indicating a long-standing issue within the platform's codebase that has persisted across multiple releases. The vulnerability specifically targets the platform's form handling mechanisms where user inputs are processed and stored within the system's database. When users interact with forms that utilize the affected AEM components, the platform fails to properly sanitize or validate user-supplied data before storing it in the backend systems.
The technical flaw manifests as a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that occurs when malicious JavaScript code is submitted through form fields and subsequently stored in the application's database. This vulnerability operates at the application layer where input validation mechanisms are insufficient to prevent the persistence of malicious payloads. The stored nature of this vulnerability means that once the malicious script is injected into a form field, it remains embedded within the system until actively removed by administrators. The vulnerability is classified as low privilege exploitation since attackers do not require administrative access or elevated permissions to execute the attack. The malicious JavaScript code can be crafted to perform various malicious activities including cookie theft, session hijacking, redirection to malicious sites, or data exfiltration from user browsers. This particular flaw affects the platform's form processing capabilities and demonstrates inadequate input sanitization practices within the application's core components.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple script execution as it represents a significant security risk to organizations relying on Adobe Experience Manager for their digital presence. Attackers can leverage this vulnerability to compromise user sessions and potentially gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or perform actions on behalf of legitimate users. The stored nature of the vulnerability means that victims who browse to pages containing the malicious content will automatically execute the JavaScript payload in their browsers without any additional interaction required from the user. This automated execution makes the vulnerability particularly dangerous as it can affect users who simply navigate to the affected pages or view content that contains the malicious script. Organizations using AEM for customer-facing applications, employee portals, or any system where user input is collected and stored face significant risk from this vulnerability. The potential for credential theft, session manipulation, and data compromise makes this a critical security concern for enterprises that depend on the platform for their digital operations.
Security practitioners should implement immediate mitigations including applying the latest security patches from Adobe as soon as they become available, which typically addresses the input validation deficiencies in the affected components. Organizations should also consider implementing additional security controls such as web application firewalls that can detect and block known XSS attack patterns. Input validation and sanitization should be enhanced at multiple layers including application-level filters, database-level protections, and content security policies that prevent execution of unauthorized scripts. The vulnerability aligns with CWE-79 which specifically addresses cross-site scripting flaws in web applications, and represents a common weakness in web security practices that violates fundamental security principles for input handling. From an attack perspective, this vulnerability maps to ATT&CK technique T1566 which covers social engineering tactics, specifically focusing on the execution of malicious code through compromised web applications. Regular security assessments and penetration testing should be conducted to identify similar vulnerabilities in other components of the AEM platform or related systems that may exhibit similar input handling weaknesses. Organizations should also implement proper monitoring and logging of form submissions to detect unusual patterns that may indicate exploitation attempts, and establish incident response procedures that can quickly address any successful exploitation of this vulnerability.