CVE-2025-46883
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-privilege attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields, which executes in victims' browsers when they view the affected page.
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< 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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Check Adobe Experience Manager versionAccess the AEM Welcome page or navigate to /system/console/config and locate the Product Version information. Alternatively, check the crx-quickstart/package.properties file for the version number.Affected if The installed version is earlier than 6.5.23.0 or earlier than 2025.5.0 (for cloud/2025 releases)
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Identify AEM Forms usageNavigate to the AEM Forms UI at /aem/forms or check for form-related components in the CRX/DE repository under /libs/fd or /apps/fd. Review if any Adaptive Forms, Core Components Forms, or Foundation Forms are actively deployed.Affected if AEM Forms or form components are enabled and users can submit data through form fields
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Review form field configurations in CRX/DEOpen CRX/DE (accessible at /crx/de) and examine form component nodes under /apps or /content. Look for form field definitions in Adaptive Form configurations or Foundation Form components.Affected if Form field components exist in the repository without proper input validation constraints configured
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Inspect rendered form output for encodingCreate a test page with form fields, submit test content containing script tags (for example: <script>alert(1)</script>), then view the page source in the browser to verify whether the content is rendered as plain text or executed as code.Affected if The submitted script tags render as executable JavaScript rather than being HTML-encoded when the page is viewed
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Check for custom form field componentsReview any custom form field components under /apps that may have been developed for specific use cases. Examine the JSP, HTL, or Java model files for proper output encoding of user-supplied values.Affected if Custom form components exist and do not utilize AEM's built-in encoding APIs such as xssAPI.encodeForHTML or equivalent encoding methods
You are likely affected if your AEM version is below 6.5.23.0 or below 2025.5.0 and your environment uses form fields that accept user input and display that input on published pages.
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 to Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.23 or later to obtain the security patch; implement input validation and output encoding on form fields as defense-in-depth.
AEM 6.5.23.0 (for 6.5.x branch) or 2025.5.0 (for modern release branch) and later
- 1. Back up the current Adobe Experience Manager instance and repository before starting any upgrade process
- 2. Review Adobe's official upgrade documentation for your specific AEM version and deployment topology
- 3. Test the upgrade in a non-production/staging environment first
- 4. Deploy the upgrade to production: upgrade to AEM 6.5.23.0 or later for the 6.5.x branch, or to 2025.5.0 or later for the modern release branch
- 5. Verify the stored XSS vulnerability is remediated by confirming the fix addresses the vulnerable form fields
- 6. Validate that existing custom workflows, integrations, and content function correctly 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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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