Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21 Form Field cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Form Field Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-52848. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.21. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Form Field Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by an 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.

The advisory is shared for download at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-52848 since 11/15/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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