CVE-2025-47019 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 content management system for enterprise organizations. The platform facilitates the creation, management, and delivery of digital content across multiple channels while providing robust features for user authentication, content editing, and form processing. Given its central role in enterprise digital infrastructure, vulnerabilities within AEM can pose significant security risks to organizations relying on its services. The platform's form handling capabilities are particularly critical as they process user inputs and generate dynamic content that may be displayed to other users within the same environment.
The stored cross-site scripting vulnerability identified in CVE-2025-47019 manifests within the form processing mechanisms of Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier. This flaw occurs when user-supplied data entered into form fields is not properly sanitized or validated before being stored and subsequently rendered in the user interface. The vulnerability specifically affects the rendering process of form fields where malicious JavaScript code can be injected and persistently stored within the application's database or content repository. When legitimate users navigate to pages containing these vulnerable form fields, the malicious script executes within their browser context, creating a persistent XSS attack vector that can be exploited across multiple sessions.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends beyond simple script execution as it provides attackers with the capability to establish persistent access to victim environments. Low privileged attackers can leverage this vulnerability to perform various malicious activities including session hijacking, credential theft, data exfiltration, and privilege escalation within the application. The stored nature of the vulnerability means that once injected, the malicious code remains active until manually removed, allowing attackers to maintain long-term presence within the target environment. This persistent threat capability aligns with ATT&CK technique T1566.001 for credential access through phishing and T1059.001 for command and scripting interpreter execution, creating multiple attack pathways for threat actors.
Organizations utilizing affected Adobe Experience Manager versions should prioritize immediate remediation through official security patches released by Adobe. The vulnerability demonstrates characteristics consistent with CWE-79, which describes cross-site scripting flaws in application input handling, and CWE-352, which addresses cross-site request forgery issues that can compound the attack surface. Security teams should implement additional protective measures including input validation at multiple layers, content security policy enforcement, and regular security assessments of form processing components. Network monitoring should be enhanced to detect potential exploitation attempts, and user access controls should be reviewed to minimize the impact of potential compromise. The vulnerability also highlights the importance of secure coding practices and input sanitization, particularly in web applications processing user-generated content, as outlined in OWASP Top Ten categories related to injection flaws and cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.