Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21 improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-43731. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-43731 since 08/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212264 (Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.0 < 6.5.22 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB24-69)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212264). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Adobe

Name

• Experience Manager

Version

• 6.5.0
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.5.13
• 6.5.14
• 6.5.15
• 6.5.16
• 6.5.17
• 6.5.18
• 6.5.19
• 6.5.20
• 6.5.21

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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