CVE-2025-47007 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 • 06/16/2025
Adobe Experience Manager represents a comprehensive digital experience platform that serves as a cornerstone for enterprise content management and digital asset delivery. The platform's widespread adoption across organizations makes it a prime target for cyber adversaries seeking to exploit vulnerabilities that could compromise extensive user bases. This particular vulnerability affects versions 6.5.22 and earlier, indicating that a significant portion of deployed instances may remain exposed to potential attack vectors. The stored XSS vulnerability specifically targets form fields within the application's user interface, creating a persistent threat that can affect multiple users over time.
The technical flaw manifests in how the application processes and renders user input within form fields without adequate sanitization or encoding mechanisms. When a low privileged attacker successfully injects malicious JavaScript code into these vulnerable fields, the script becomes permanently stored within the application's database or content repository. This stored nature of the vulnerability means that the malicious payload persists even after the initial injection occurs, making it particularly dangerous as it can affect any user who views the page containing the compromised form field. The vulnerability operates at the application layer where user-supplied data flows through the system's input validation mechanisms and gets rendered in the browser context without proper security controls.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple script execution, as it provides attackers with potential access to user sessions, sensitive data, and system resources. A successful exploitation could enable attackers to perform actions on behalf of authenticated users, steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious sites, or even escalate privileges within the application's access control framework. The low privilege requirement for exploitation suggests that even users with minimal permissions could potentially compromise the system's integrity. This vulnerability aligns with CWE-79, which specifically addresses Cross-Site Scripting flaws, and represents a critical weakness in the application's data validation and output encoding controls. The stored nature of the vulnerability also means that the attack surface can grow over time as more users interact with the compromised content, potentially affecting thousands of individuals within an organization's digital ecosystem.
Mitigation strategies should focus on immediate patching of affected versions to address the core vulnerability in input validation and output encoding mechanisms. Organizations should implement comprehensive content security policies that enforce strict sanitization of all user inputs and enforce proper output encoding before rendering content in browser contexts. Additional defensive measures include implementing web application firewalls that can detect and block malicious script patterns, establishing robust input validation rules that reject suspicious characters and patterns, and conducting regular security assessments of form fields and user input handling mechanisms. The vulnerability also highlights the importance of principle of least privilege enforcement within the application's access control model to limit the potential impact of successful exploitation attempts. Security teams should monitor for anomalous user behavior patterns that might indicate exploitation attempts and maintain detailed audit logs of form field modifications to detect unauthorized injection activities. This vulnerability demonstrates the critical need for continuous security testing and validation of input handling mechanisms within enterprise content management systems to prevent persistent threats that can compromise large user populations over extended periods.