CVE-2024-36206
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 6.5.20 and earlier are 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.
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 6.5.20 and earlier allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into URL parameters. When a victim visits a crafted URL referencing a vulnerable page, the script executes within the victim's browser context.
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< 6.5.21< 2024.5CVSS 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
- 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 system consoleNavigate to /system/console/productinfo in your AEM instance and locate the 'Adobe Experience Manager' version fieldAffected if The displayed version is 6.5.20 or earlier, or any version prior to 2024.5
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Check AEM version via package managerOpen Package Manager (/crx/packmgr), the AEM version is typically displayed in the footer of the interfaceAffected if The version shown is 6.5.20 or earlier, or any version prior to 2024.5
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Check AEM version via command lineIf you have file system access, locate the version.properties file in the crx-quickstart folder or check the manifest in the sling.jar fileAffected if The version property reads less than 6.5.21 or less than 2024.5
You are affected if your AEM installation version is 6.5.20 or earlier, or any version prior to 2024.5, since the vulnerability exists in those unpatched releases.
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 · scoped6.5.212024.5
Apply vendor patch (AEM 6.5.21 or later) and implement output encoding on user-supplied URL parameters. Deploy Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.
Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.21 or later (6.5.x branch) or 2024.5 release
- 1. Backup your current Adobe Experience Manager instance and verify all custom configurations are documented
- 2. Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade process
- 3. Download Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.21 (or later 6.5.x release) or the 2024.5 release from Adobe's official distribution portal
- 4. Test the upgrade in a non-production environment first to verify compatibility with custom code and integrations
- 5. Perform the upgrade following Adobe's official upgrade documentation
- 6. After upgrade, verify the XSS vulnerability is resolved by testing the vulnerable endpoint with the reflected XSS payload
- 7. Validate all custom applications and integrations function correctly in the upgraded environment
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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-36206 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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