dbcve.org
Experience ManagerApplication · Adobe

CVE-2022-30678

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-09-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 6.5.13.0 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

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 · unedited
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.13.0 (and earlier) is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires low-privilege access to AEM.

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 confidence

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.13.0 and earlier contain a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Attackers can craft malicious URLs containing JavaScript payloads that execute within a victim's browser when they visit the link. This vulnerability requires low-privilege access to AEM for exploitation.

MitigationUpdate to Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.13.1 or later, or apply the appropriate security patch. Implement input validation and output encoding on vulnerable endpoints as a compensating control.

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
Experience ManagerApplication
Affected:<= 6.5.13.0all versions

CVSS 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
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed AEM version
    Access the AEM system information endpoint at /system/console/product.json or /crx/packmgr/service.jsp, or check the 'About Adobe Experience Manager' page in the OSGi console
    Affected if The displayed version is 6.5.13.0 or any version earlier than 6.5.13.1
  2. Confirm AEM exposure to users
    Verify whether the AEM instance is accessible over the network to users or externally, as reflected XSS requires a victim to click a crafted URL
    Affected if The instance is network-accessible to untrusted users without additional authentication barriers
  3. Check for input validation controls
    Review AEM's Content Security Policy (CSP) configuration in the Adobe Granite CSRF Filter and the XSS protection configurations located in /system/console/configMgr
    Affected if No CSP headers are configured or XSS protection is explicitly disabled in the security configuration
  4. Audit accessible endpoints
    Enumerate which AEM endpoints are accessible to low-privilege users (such as /libs/granite/core/content/login, /content, or community endpoints) that could potentially reflect user input
    Affected if Multiple user-accessible endpoints exist that accept URL parameters without visible sanitization

A user is affected if their installed AEM version is 6.5.13.0 or earlier and the instance is accessible to users who could be tricked into clicking a malicious URL.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 6.5.13.0
Interim mitigation

Update to Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.13.1 or later, or apply the appropriate security patch. Implement input validation and output encoding on vulnerable endpoints as a compensating control.

Recommended fix High confidence

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.14.0 or later

  1. 1. Identify the current Adobe Experience Manager version in use by checking the AEM version in the Help > About Adobe Experience Manager section
  2. 2. Navigate to the Adobe Experience Manager downloads page at https://experience.adobe.com/downloads
  3. 3. Download Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.14.0 or later service pack from the official Adobe distribution portal
  4. 4. Stop the AEM instance before applying the service pack
  5. 5. Install the service pack by running the service pack installer: java -jar <service-pack-jar> -r -p <install-folder>
  6. 6. Wait for the installation to complete and verify successful installation in the error.log
  7. 7. Restart the AEM instance
  8. 8. Verify the fix by checking that the vulnerable URL parameter no longer executes malicious JavaScript
Caveat Review the service pack release notes for potential compatibility issues with custom code or third-party integrations before upgrading

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Experience Manager Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
Get the upgrade done

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $6,176.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2022-30678 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-30678 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data