CVE-2023-22263
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 · uneditedExperience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 (and earlier) are affected by a URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability. A low-privilege authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction.
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 confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 and earlier contain an open redirect vulnerability that allows a low-privilege authenticated attacker to craft malicious URLs that redirect users to arbitrary external websites. Exploitation requires user interaction, such as clicking a crafted link.
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< 6.5.16.0< 2023.1.0CVSS 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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Check AEM version via Help menuLog into AEM as administrator and navigate to Help > About Adobe Experience Manager, or access /libs/granum/ui/settings.xml if available, to view the exact version numberAffected if The displayed version is 6.5.15.0 or earlier for on-premise AEM, or the version cannot be confirmed as 6.5.16.0 or later
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Check AEM version via Web ConsoleAccess the Adobe Experience Manager Web Console at /system/console/product and locate the Version field in the Product Information sectionAffected if The version shown is earlier than 6.5.16.0 for AEM on-premise installations
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Check AEM Cloud Service versionAccess the Cloud Service admin interface or check the version information via the AEM SDK console at /libs/cq/core/content/versioninfo to determine the release versionAffected if The Cloud Service version is earlier than 2023.1.0
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Verify version against affected rangesCompare your installed version number to the affected ranges: AEM on-premise < 6.5.16.0 or AEM Cloud Service < 2023.1.0Affected if Your version falls within either of these vulnerable ranges
You are affected if your AEM installation (on-premise) is below version 6.5.16.0 or your AEM Cloud Service is below version 2023.1.0.
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.
dbcve · scoped6.5.16.02023.1.0
Apply Adobe's security update (version 6.5.16.0 or later) or install the corresponding security patch to remediate the open redirect vulnerability.
Experience Manager 6.5.16.0 (on-premise) or 2023.1.0 (Cloud Service)
- Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager on-premise installation to version 6.5.16.0 or later
- For Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service, ensure the environment is updated to version 2023.1.0 or later
- Verify after upgrade that the open redirect vulnerability is no longer present by testing URL redirection functionality
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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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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