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Experience ManagerApplication · Adobe

CVE-2022-44468

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-12-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.5.15.0 / 2022.10.0 or later.
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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 version 6.5.14 (and earlier) is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If a low-privileged 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.

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 6.5.14 and earlier contain a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The flaw allows a low-privilege attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into a URL parameter that gets reflected back to the victim's browser without proper sanitization, executing within the context of the victim's session.

MitigationApply the vendor patch for CVE-2022-44468 to upgrade Adobe Experience Manager beyond version 6.5.14, or implement output encoding and input validation on the vulnerable endpoint as an interim measure.

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:< 6.5.15.0
Experience Manager Cloud ServiceApplication
Affected:< 2022.10.0

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. Determine Adobe Experience Manager version
    Access the AEM Welcome page or check the product info via the Help menu. Alternatively, query the /system/console/info or look for the version file in the crx-quickstart folder.
    Affected if The installed version is below 6.5.15.0 for on-premise, or below 2022.10.0 for AEM Cloud Service.
  2. Identify if running AEM Cloud Service
    Check if the environment is hosted on Adobe's cloud infrastructure. Cloud Service instances will have 'cloud.adobe.com' in the admin URL or show Cloud Service in the system information.
    Affected if Running AEM Cloud Service with a version earlier than 2022.10.0.
  3. Locate the vulnerable reflected parameter
    Review the AEM logs or application traffic for URL parameters that accept user input and are reflected back in the response without encoding. Common endpoints include search, filter, or navigation parameters.
    Affected if A URL parameter accepts user input and reflects it back in the HTML response without proper output encoding or input validation.
  4. Verify input validation is missing
    Inspect the application's response when submitting special characters (such as <, >, ", ', or script tags) in any reflected URL parameter. Check if the application returns these characters unescaped in the HTML.
    Affected if Special characters submitted in URL parameters are returned verbatim in the page source without HTML encoding.

You are affected if your AEM version is below 6.5.15.0 (on-premise) or below 2022.10.0 (Cloud Service), AND user-supplied URL parameters are reflected in responses without HTML encoding.

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

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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 6.5.15.0 / 2022.10.0 or later
Fixed in 6.5.15.02022.10.0
Interim mitigation

Apply the vendor patch for CVE-2022-44468 to upgrade Adobe Experience Manager beyond version 6.5.14, or implement output encoding and input validation on the vulnerable endpoint as an interim measure.

Recommended fix High confidence

AEM on-premise: 6.5.15.0+ | AEM Cloud Service: 2022.10.0+

  1. Review the Adobe Experience Manager upgrade documentation at helpx.adobe.com for your deployment type (on-premise or Cloud Service)
  2. Ensure you have a complete backup of your AEM instance and content repository before proceeding
  3. For AEM on-premise: Upgrade from any version < 6.5.15.0 to version 6.5.15.0 or later
  4. For AEM Cloud Service: Upgrade your environment to the 2022.10.0 release or later
  5. After upgrading, verify the XSS vulnerability is resolved by testing with the previously vulnerable URL patterns
  6. Review and test custom code or third-party integrations after the upgrade to ensure compatibility
Caveat Standard AEM upgrade considerations apply - review Adobe's upgrade documentation for compatibility notes and potential impact on custom components

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
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