Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-64840. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Adobe Experience Manager up to 6.5.23. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 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.

The advisory is shared at helpx.adobe.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-64840 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278346 (Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 < 6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB25-115)), 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 (278346). 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

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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