CVE-2025-46863
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 6.5.22 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 confidenceStored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier allows low-privileged authenticated users to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. The injected payload persists in the system and executes in victims' browsers when they 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< 6.5.23.0< 2025.5.0CVSS 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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Confirm Adobe Experience Manager is installedAccess the AEM welcome page at /aem/start.html or check for AEM-specific directories and processes on the serverAffected if AEM is not installed, this CVE does not apply
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Identify the installed AEM versionNavigate to Help > About Adobe Experience Manager from the AEM welcome page, or access /system/console/product.json to retrieve version informationAffected if The installed version is below 6.5.23.0 (for 6.5.x branches) or below 2025.5.0 (for newer release trains)
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Determine if AEM Forms module is enabledCheck if the Forms add-on is installed by navigating to /aem/forms or inspecting the product info for 'Forms' capabilityAffected if Forms module is present - the vulnerability specifically affects form field inputs
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Identify custom form field componentsReview form-based content in /apps and /content for custom Form components, Adaptive Forms, or user-generated form fields that may lack input validationAffected if Custom or user-created form fields exist that accept low-privileged user input without documented output encoding
A user is affected if their AEM installation version is below 6.5.23.0 or below 2025.5.0 AND the Forms module with user-accessible form fields is enabled in the environment.
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 · scoped6.5.23.02025.5.0
Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager to a version newer than 6.5.22, or implement proper input validation and output encoding on vulnerable form fields to neutralize malicious scripts.
AEM 6.5.23.0 or AEM Cloud Service 2025.5.0
- Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.x installations to version 6.5.23.0 or later
- For Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, upgrade to version 2025.5.0 or later
- After upgrading, verify the patch was applied by checking the AEM version in the Help > System Information menu
- Test the affected form fields to confirm the XSS vulnerability is remediated
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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