CVE-2019-7955
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAdobe Experience Manager version 6.4 and ealier have a Reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to Sensitive Information disclosure in the context of the current user.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.4 and earlier contain a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Attackers can inject malicious scripts through vulnerable parameters, which are reflected back to the user without proper sanitization. Successful exploitation allows theft of sensitive information such as session cookies, authentication tokens, or other user data in the context of the current user session.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 6.2, <= 6.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check the Adobe Experience Manager versionAccess the AEM welcome page (http://yourserver:4502/welcome.html) or the System Information console at /system/console/config/com.adobe.granite.infocollector.impl.SystemInfoCollector, or run the command: curl -s http://yourserver:4502/libs/granite/core/content/login.html?resource=/libs/granite/core/content/login.html 2>/dev/null | grep -o 'version"[^"]*' to see version detailsAffected if The installed version is 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, or 6.5
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Verify the AEM version via the bundles consoleNavigate to /system/console/bundles and look for the 'Adobe Experience Manager Core' bundle in the list; the Version column displays the exact AEM version installedAffected if The version shown is between 6.2 and 6.5 inclusive
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Confirm the affected parameter endpoints are accessibleTest for reflected XSS parameters by accessing common AEM query parameter endpoints such as /libs/granite/core/content/login.html?resource=TEST or other URL parameters on any AEM page - check if the input is reflected unsanitized in the responseAffected if User-supplied parameters in URLs are returned in the HTML response without encoding or sanitization
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Check for custom input validation on the publish tierReview any custom filter or servlet configurations in /system/console/config that handle request parameters, and verify if input validation or output encoding is explicitly configured for user-controllable parametersAffected if No custom input validation filters are deployed and the AEM version falls within the affected range
A system is affected if it runs Adobe Experience Manager version 6.2 through 6.5 and reflects unsanitized user input back in HTTP responses.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Adobe Experience Manager to a version newer than 6.4 that includes the security patch. Additionally, implement output encoding and input validation on all user-supplied parameters as a defense-in-depth measure.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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