CVE-2024-43712
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 6.5.21 and earlier are affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the victim's browser. This issue occurs when data from a user-controllable source is improperly sanitized before being used in the Document Object Model (DOM) of a web page, leading to the execution of malicious scripts. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction, such as tricking a victim into clicking a link or navigating to a malicious website.
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 6.5.21 and earlier contain a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability where user-controllable data is improperly sanitized before being inserted into the Document Object Model, allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution in victim's browser. Exploitation requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link.
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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< 6.5.22.0< 2024.11.0CVSS 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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Identify installed Adobe Experience Manager versionAccess the AEM Welcome page, or check the version.properties file in the AEM installation directory, or query the /system/console/bundles endpoint to retrieve version informationAffected if The installed version is below 6.5.22.0 or below 2024.11.0
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Confirm AEM edition and release typeVerify whether the installation is AEM 6.5.x (LTS) or AEM as a Cloud Service, as the version numbering differs between these release tracksAffected if Running AEM 6.5.x with version < 6.5.22.0, or AEM as a Cloud Service with version < 2024.11.0
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Determine if unauthenticated or low-privileged user access is possibleReview user permissions and whether anonymous or low-privileged users can access content that could be crafted to exploit the DOM-based XSSAffected if Low-privileged or anonymous users can be tricked into clicking crafted links that trigger the XSS payload
Your AEM instance is affected if it runs version 6.5.21 or earlier for the 6.5.x LTS track, or version before 2024.11.0 for the as-a-cloud-service track, and users can be induced to click malicious links.
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 · scoped6.5.22.02024.11.0
Update Adobe Experience Manager to version 6.5.22 or later to obtain the security patch. Users should be cautioned against clicking untrusted links until the patch is applied.
AEM 6.5.22.0 or later, or AEM Cloud Service 2024.11.0 or later
- Identify the current Adobe Experience Manager version in use
- Plan an upgrade to AEM 6.5.22.0 or later, or to the 2024.11.0 release or later
- Before upgrading in production, test the new version in a staging environment to verify compatibility
- Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade
- Perform a full backup of the current AEM instance
- Execute the upgrade following Adobe's official upgrade documentation
- After upgrade, verify that the DOM-based XSS vulnerability is resolved by testing with the identified attack vectors
- Ensure all custom code and third-party integrations remain functional post-upgrade
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.
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- 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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