Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23.0 deserialization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23.0. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to deserialization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-49533. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deserialization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-502. The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently verifying that the resulting data will be valid. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Experience Manager (MS) versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution by an attacker. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is unchanged.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-49533 since 06/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 241580 (Adobe Experience Manager 6.0.0.0.0.0 < 6.5.0.0.20250527.0 Arbitrary code execution (APSB25-67)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (241580) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-20752). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best 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
• 6.5.22
• 6.5.23.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.adobe.com/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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