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Experience ManagerApplication · Adobe

CVE-2024-36219

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-06-13
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.5.21 / 2024.5 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 versions 6.5.20 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by an attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field.

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

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.20 and earlier allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. The malicious payload persists on the server and executes in victim browsers when they view pages containing the compromised form fields.

MitigationUpdate Adobe Experience Manager to version 6.5.21 or later to obtain the security patch. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding on form fields as a defense-in-depth 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:< 6.5.21< 2024.5

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 Web Console (typically at /system/console/configMgr) or check the crx-quickstart/crx-version.txt file. You can also run 'java -jar cq-quickstart-*.jar -version' if you have the jar file.
    Affected if The installed version is earlier than 6.5.21 or earlier than the 2024.5 release.
  2. Determine if AEM Forms module is deployed
    Check the installed packages via the AEM Package Manager (at /crx/packmgr) or list bundles in the OSGi console (/system/console/bundles) for 'Forms' related bundles.
    Affected if The Forms bundle or package is installed and active.
  3. Identify published form content
    Review published pages that contain Adaptive Forms or Core Form Components by querying the publish instance's content repository or using the Replication agents to verify what content has been replicated.
    Affected if Form-based content has been published to the publish tier.
  4. Audit form field configurations
    Inspect the XML configuration of form components in the repository (under /conf or /content) to verify if output encoding or input validation rules are defined in the component's policy or XML structure.
    Affected if Form fields lack input validation constraints or output encoding in their configuration.

You are affected if your AEM version is below 6.5.21 or below 2024.5 AND you have Forms published that contain user-submitted data without proper encoding.

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

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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 6.5.21 / 2024.5 or later
Fixed in 6.5.212024.5
Interim mitigation

Update Adobe Experience Manager to version 6.5.21 or later to obtain the security patch. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding on form fields as a defense-in-depth measure.

Recommended fix High confidence

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.21 or later; Adobe Experience Manager 2024.5 or later

  1. 1. Back up your current Adobe Experience Manager instance and database
  2. 2. Review Adobe's release notes for the target version to understand any known issues or migration requirements
  3. 3. Download Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.21 (for 6.5.x branches) or 2024.5 (for newer branches) from the Adobe Distribution Portal
  4. 4. Stop the AEM author and publish instances
  5. 5. Install the updated AEM package on the author instance following Adobe's standard installation procedures
  6. 6. Verify the author instance starts successfully and all bundles are active
  7. 7. Replicate the configuration to publish instances
  8. 8. Test the form fields that were previously vulnerable to confirm the XSS fix is working
Caveat Point releases typically have minimal breaking changes; review Adobe's release notes for any deprecation notices or behavior changes specific to your version

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
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
24.0 hours of engineering $4,160
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