CVE-2019-8079
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 versions 6.4, 6.3, 6.2, 6.1, and 6.0 have a stored cross site scripting vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to sensitive information disclosure.
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 · moderate confidenceStored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.0 through 6.4 allows malicious scripts to be persisted on the server and executed in the browsers of users who access infected content, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure such as session tokens or credentials.
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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= 6.0= 6.1= 6.2= 6.3= 6.4CVSS 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:3.1/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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Identify the installed AEM versionAccess the AEM Web Console (typically at /system/console/status-productinfo) or check the crx-quickstart folder for version files. Run: find . -name 'org.apache.sling.engine-*.jar' 2>/dev/null | head -1 and inspect the manifest for version details.Affected if The installed version is 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, or 6.4 (exact version match as listed in affected versions)
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Check AEM instance accessibilityVerify the AEM login page loads and the Web Console is accessible at /system/console. Confirm you have administrative access to perform further inspection.Affected if You can access the AEM instance and its administrative interfaces
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Review Content Services and Experience FragmentsInspect any pages using AEM Content Services (Sling Model Exporter) or Experience Fragments, as these are common vectors for stored XSS in AEM. Check the CRX/DE console (at /crx/de) for unusual scripts in /content or /libs nodes.Affected if User-generated content or Experience Fragments are stored and served by the AEM instance
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Search for suspicious scripts in content nodesIn CRX/DE, query for nodes containing script tags or suspicious JavaScript: Use XPath query //*[contains(@script, 'script')] or manually browse /content for unexpected script elements.Affected if Malicious scripts have been persisted in the content repository
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Check HTTP response headersCapture an HTTP response from AEM pages and inspect for Content-Security-Policy headers. Run: curl -I https://your-aem-host/ and examine headers.Affected if CSP headers are missing or too permissive, allowing inline script execution
You are affected if your AEM version is exactly 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, or 6.4 and you serve user-controlled content without proper output encoding.
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 dataApply the vendor patch from Adobe for AEM when available; implement output encoding and input validation for user-supplied content in AEM components; consider Content Security Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-8079 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- 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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