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Experience ManagerApplication · Adobe

CVE-2025-47031

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

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in form fields that allows low-privileged attackers to inject malicious JavaScript. When victims browse pages containing the compromised form fields, the injected scripts execute in their browsers, potentially enabling session hijacking or data theft.

MitigationImplement proper input validation and output encoding on all form fields in AEM to neutralize malicious script content before storage and before rendering.

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

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify AEM version
    Access the AEM Welcome page or check the product version via the system information console at /system/console/bundles or by reviewing the version.txt file in the installation directory. Compare the installed version against the affected ranges: 6.5.22 and earlier, or any version below 2025.5.0.
    Affected if The installed version is 6.5.22 or earlier, or below 2025.5.0
  2. Confirm AEM Forms or form components are in use
    Review the AEM instance for any deployed forms, adaptive forms, form containers, or custom form field components. Check the CRX/DE repository under /apps for form-related content structures, or review the Forms console at /aem/forms.
    Affected if Forms or form field components are actively used or deployed on the instance
  3. Inspect stored form field data for unencoded content
    Query the repository (via CRXDE Lite or the Query Builder) for form field data under /content or /apps that may contain suspicious patterns like <script>, javascript:, or event handlers (onclick, onerror, etc.). Use the Query Builder with a LIKE predicate to search for these patterns in String properties.
    Affected if Form field data in the repository contains raw script tags or event handler attributes without proper encoding
  4. Review form field input validation configuration
    Check the form field component definitions in /libs or /apps for input validation rules. Verify whether the Validation Properties (like regexp, format, or custom validation scripts) are configured to reject or sanitize script-related input patterns.
    Affected if Form fields lack input validation rules or do not sanitize special characters that could be used in XSS payloads

If the AEM version is below 6.5.23.0 or below 2025.5.0 AND forms with unvalidated form fields are in use, the environment is likely affected by this stored XSS vulnerability.

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

Implement proper input validation and output encoding on all form fields in AEM to neutralize malicious script content before storage and before rendering.

Recommended fix High confidence

AEM 6.5.23.0 or later; AEM 2025.5.0 or later

  1. Verify current Adobe Experience Manager version in use (check /crx/packmgr/version.jsp or system console)
  2. Confirm whether running AEM 6.5.x or AEM as a Cloud Service/2025.x branch
  3. For AEM 6.5.x: Plan upgrade to version 6.5.23.0 or later
  4. For AEM as a Cloud Service/2025.x: Plan upgrade to version 2025.5.0 or later
  5. Review Adobe's official upgrade documentation for the specific AEM variant
  6. Test the upgrade in a non-production environment before deploying to production
  7. Execute upgrade following Adobe's recommended procedures
  8. Verify the upgrade was successful and the fixed version is running
Caveat Standard AEM upgrade risks apply - test thoroughly in staging, review known issues in AEM release notes, ensure custom code compatibility

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

Fix this in Experience Manager Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation24.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA8.0 h
52.0 hours of engineering $9,160
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