CVE-2024-53974
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 stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low privileged 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 confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in form fields. A low-privileged attacker can inject malicious JavaScript that persists in the system and executes when other users view pages containing the affected form fields.
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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 AEM versionNavigate to Help > About Adobe Experience Manager in the AEM welcome page, or access the Felix Web Console at /system/console/bundles and check the Product Version information. You can also locate the version.properties file in the crx-quickstart directory.Affected if The version displayed is earlier than 6.5.22.0 or earlier than 2024.11.0 (the November 2024 release)
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Determine if AEM Forms or form components are in useCheck the AEM console at /aem/forms.html or navigate to Forms > Forms & Documents in the AEM Assets console. Alternatively, use CRX/DE Lite at /crx/de/index.jsp to search for nodes containing form-related components under /content.Affected if AEM Forms, adaptive forms, or custom form components are created or enabled in the environment
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Identify form fields that accept user inputSearch the content repository using AEM Query Builder or CRX/DE Lite for nodes containing form field components such as input, textarea, select, or adaptive form fields under /content. Check both /content/forms and /content/experience-fragments paths.Affected if Form fields that accept user-generated input exist in published or editable templates accessible to low-privileged users
The environment is affected if the AEM version is below 6.5.22.0 or below 2024.11.0 AND the deployment includes form fields that allow user input to be stored and displayed to other users.
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
Upgrade to Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.22 or later to obtain the security patch. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding for all form fields as a defense-in-depth measure.
Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.22.0 or later, or 2024.11.0 or later
- 1. Backup your current Adobe Experience Manager instance and database
- 2. Review the Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.22.0 release notes for any pre-upgrade requirements
- 3. Ensure your system meets the prerequisites for version 6.5.22.0
- 4. Perform the upgrade following Adobe's standard upgrade documentation
- 5. After upgrade, verify that the stored XSS vulnerability is resolved by testing the previously vulnerable form fields
- 6. Confirm that existing content and configurations are intact after the 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-53974 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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