CVE-2024-43715
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 be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the victim's browser session. By manipulating a DOM element through a crafted URL or user input, the attacker can inject malicious scripts that run when the page is rendered. This type of attack requires user interaction, as the victim would need to visit a malicious link or input data into a compromised form.
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 confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier contain a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Attackers can inject malicious scripts by manipulating DOM elements through crafted URLs or user input, which then execute in the victim's browser session when the page renders. This requires user interaction such as clicking a malicious link or submitting compromised form data.
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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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Check installed AEM version via About pageNavigate to /libs/granite/core/content/login.about.html or /system/console/about on your AEM instance to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if The displayed version is below 6.5.22.0 for the 6.5.x branch or below 2024.11.0 for the cloud-release branch
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Verify version via product info endpointAccess /libs/cq/core/content/info.json or the CRXDE Lite welcome page to confirm the product version and build numberAffected if The version string indicates a release earlier than 6.5.22.0 or earlier than the November 2024 cloud release
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Identify custom components handling URL parametersSearch your AEM instance for client-side code (in /apps or /libs) that reads URL parameters using location.search or location.hash and renders them to the DOM without encodingAffected if Custom or modified client-side JavaScript directly manipulates DOM elements using unsanitized URL parameter values
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Review form and personalization componentsInspect any custom AEM forms, search components, or personalization modules that accept user input and render output to verify proper output encoding is appliedAffected if Form handlers or display components bypass AEM's default XSS protection and render raw user input into HTML
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Check Content Security Policy configurationExamine your dispatcher configuration or AEM global OSGi config for Content-Security-Policy headers that could mitigate XSS executionAffected if No CSP headers are configured or existing CSP allows unsafe-inline scripts, providing no defense against DOM-based XSS exploitation
Your environment is affected if the installed AEM version is earlier than 6.5.22.0 (6.5.x branch) or earlier than 2024.11.0 (cloud release), and your instance serves custom or modified frontend code that handles DOM manipulation with unsanitized user input.
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 to a version newer than 6.5.21 when Adobe releases a patch. Implement output encoding for all user-supplied data rendered in the browser and configure Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.
AEM 6.5.22.0 or AEM 2024.11.0 (depending on your version branch)
- 1. Identify your current Adobe Experience Manager version by navigating to the AEM Welcome page and checking the version information
- 2. If running AEM 6.5.x, plan upgrade to version 6.5.22.0 or later
- 3. If running AEM 2024.x, plan upgrade to version 2024.11.0 or later
- 4. Create a full backup of your current AEM instance including repository content and database
- 5. Test the upgrade in a non-production environment to validate compatibility with custom code and integrations
- 6. Schedule a maintenance window for the production upgrade
- 7. Perform the upgrade following Adobe's official upgrade documentation for your specific version path
- 8. After upgrade, verify that the XSS vulnerability is remediated by testing the affected DOM elements
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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