Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23.0 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-54250. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A high-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access.

It is possible to read the advisory at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-54250 since 07/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 264629 (Adobe Experience Manager < 6.5.23 (GRANITE-61551 Hotfix) / 6.5 LTS SP1 (GRANITE-61551 Hotfix) Multiple Security feature bypass (APSB25-90)), 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 (264629). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 264629
Nessus Name: Adobe Experience Manager < 6.5.23 (GRANITE-61551 Hotfix) / 6.5 LTS SP1 (GRANITE-61551 Hotfix) Multiple Security feature bypass (APSB25-90)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

07/17/2025 CVE reserved
09/09/2025 +54 days Advisory disclosed
09/09/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/13/2025 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: adobe.com

Advisory: apsb25-90
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54250 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54250
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-323323

Entryinfo

Created: 09/09/2025 20:03
Updated: 09/13/2025 10:40
Changes: 09/09/2025 20:03 (63), 09/13/2025 10:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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