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Experience ManagerApplication · Adobe

CVE-2025-47013

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-10
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 6.5.23.0 / 2025.5.0 or later.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

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 · unedited
Adobe 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 confidence

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier allows a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form fields. The malicious script executes in victims' browsers when they view pages containing the affected fields.

MitigationUpdate Adobe Experience Manager to the patched version as specified in the Adobe security bulletin. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding on form fields to prevent XSS.

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
Experience ManagerApplication
Affected:< 6.5.23.0< 2025.5.0

CVSS 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 checks

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  1. Determine AEM installed version
    Navigate to AEM Welcome page > Help > About, or access /system/console/configMgr and locate the 'Adobe Experience Manager Web Console' entry which displays the version number
    Affected if Version is 6.5.22.0 or earlier, OR version is below 2025.5.0 (for AEM as a Cloud Service)
  2. Check AEM as a Cloud Service version
    Access the Cloud Manager UI and check the environment details, or run 'aio cloudmanager:list-programs' CLI command to identify the release version
    Affected if Release version is below 2025.5.0 for AEM as a Cloud Service instances
  3. Identify deployed Adaptive Forms
    Navigate to Forms > Forms & Documents in AEM Assets console and list all Adaptive Form assets. Check if any forms are published and accessible to low-privileged users
    Affected if Adaptive Forms with input fields are deployed and accessible to users outside admin group
  4. Review form field XSS protection settings
    Open an Adaptive Form in edit mode, select a text input field, and inspect the Field Properties panel for 'Validation' settings. Check if HTML sanitization or input validation patterns are configured
    Affected if Form fields lack input validation patterns or have 'Allow Rich Text' enabled without custom XSS filtering
  5. Check custom form component configurations
    Navigate to CRX/DE (crx/de.jsp) and examine /apps or /content for custom form component definitions under /libs/foundation/components or custom component paths
    Affected if Custom form components are present that use raw HTML output or lack the 'escapeXSS' property set to true

A user is affected if their AEM version is below 6.5.23.0 (for 6.x on-premise) or below 2025.5.0 (for Cloud), AND they have Adaptive Forms or form-based components accessible to low-privileged users without proper XSS protection on input fields.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 6.5.23.0 / 2025.5.0 or later
Fixed in 6.5.23.02025.5.0
Interim mitigation

Update Adobe Experience Manager to the patched version as specified in the Adobe security bulletin. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding on form fields to prevent XSS.

Recommended fix High confidence

AEM 6.5.23.0 (or 2025.5.0 for the 2025.x release line)

  1. Verify current Adobe Experience Manager version in use (check /system/console or AEM welcome page)
  2. Review Adobe's official documentation at helpx.adobe.com for the specific upgrade procedure
  3. Schedule maintenance window for the upgrade process
  4. Back up the current AEM instance including repository, database, and configurations
  5. For 6.5.x line: Upgrade to AEM 6.5.23.0 or later
  6. For 2025.x line: Upgrade to AEM 2025.5.0 or later
  7. After upgrade, verify the XSS fix is applied by testing form field input sanitization
  8. Validate that existing workflows and integrations function correctly post-upgrade
Caveat Review release notes for 6.5.23.0/2025.5.0 for any deprecated features or breaking changes that may affect custom code or integrations

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Experience Manager Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
16.0 hours of engineering $2,800
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