CVE-2019-8083
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 6.5, 6.4 and 6.3 have a 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 confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users, potentially exposing sensitive information such as session tokens or credentials.
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= 6.3= 6.4= 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:3.1/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 installed AEM versionAccess the AEM System Information console at /system/console/bundles or check the version.properties file in the crx-quickstart folder. Alternatively, access the AEM Welcome page and navigate to Tools > Operations > Diagnosis > Version Info.Affected if The version reports 6.3.x, 6.4.x, or 6.5.x, including any sub-versions within these major releases.
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Verify AEM web console is accessibleAttempt to access the AEM Felix web console at /system/console. This console hosts various OSGi components including those that may contain the XSS vulnerability.Affected if The web console responds with the AEM login or admin interface, indicating the vulnerable component is available.
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Check for unauthenticated endpointsReview the AEM dispatcher configuration or web server logs for access to user-facing endpoints that accept input. The XSS flaw can be exploited through parameters in HTTP requests.Affected if Endpoints accepting query parameters are exposed without strict input validation or output encoding.
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Inspect Content Security Policy headersCheck the HTTP response headers for your AEM instance using browser developer tools or a curl command: curl -I https://your-aem-host. Look for CSP header configuration.Affected if No CSP headers are present, or CSP headers are configured with unsafe-inline directives that do not mitigate XSS.
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Review custom component configurationsExamine any custom OSGi components or Sling servlets installed in /apps or /libs that handle user input. Check component XML files in /system/console/components for XSS-vulnerable implementations.Affected if Custom components that reflect user input without encoding are deployed and accessible.
You are affected if your AEM instance runs version 6.3, 6.4, or 6.5 and has accessible endpoints that do not implement proper output encoding for user-supplied content.
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 Adobe's official security patches for this CVE, implement output encoding for user-supplied content, and configure Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS exploitation.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-8083 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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