CVE-2022-30681
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 6.5.13.0 (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 · moderate confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.13.0 and earlier allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into URLs. When a victim visits a crafted URL referencing a vulnerable page, the malicious script executes within their browser context. Exploitation requires low-privilege AEM access.
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<= 6.5.13.0all versionsCVSS 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 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 quickstart.properties file in the installation directory to determine the exact AEM version numberAffected if The installed version is 6.5.13.0 or earlier, or if it is any version of AEM (as all versions are listed as affected)
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Verify low-privilege user access existsNavigate to AEM User Administration at /security/users.html or /security/groups.html and review which users or groups have minimal permissions (such as 'everyone' or 'content-authors' group)Affected if Low-privilege users or groups with read-only or basic access exist in the AEM instance and can log in
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Identify accessible web-tier endpointsReview AEM's URL patterns by examining the dispatcher configuration and checking which selectors and extensions are publicly or internally accessible (look at .any files in dispatcher config and test common paths like /content, /bin, /services)Affected if The AEM instance exposes web endpoints that accept URL parameters and reflect them in the response
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Test for reflected parameters in URLsManually construct test URLs using AEM selectors and suffixes with benign test strings (e.g., ?test=<script>alert(1)</script>) on suspected endpoints and inspect if the parameter value is reflected unescaped in the HTML sourceAffected if Any user-accessible URL parameter is reflected directly in the page output without HTML encoding
You are affected if your AEM version is 6.5.13.0 or earlier (or any version) AND low-privilege users can access the system AND vulnerable endpoints reflect URL parameters without proper 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 Adobe security patch for CVE-2022-30681. Until patched, implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers and validate all user-supplied input with strict allowlisting on affected endpoints.
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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-2022-30681 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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