CVE-2025-47081
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 confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in form fields. An authenticated low-privilege attacker can inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form inputs, which persists on the server and executes in victim users' browsers when they view the affected pages.
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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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Identify the installed Adobe Experience Manager versionAccess the AEM Welcome page and navigate to Help > About Adobe Experience Manager, or access /system/console/systeminfo to retrieve the version propertyAffected if The reported version is below 6.5.23.0 or below 2025.5.0 (for cloud releases)
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Verify low-privilege user accounts existNavigate to Tools > Security > Users or access /libs/granite/security/content/usereditor to list user accounts and check their group membershipsAffected if There are authenticated users assigned to low-privilege groups such as 'contributors' or 'authors' who have access to form creation or editing capabilities
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Identify form field components in the content repositoryUse CRXDE Lite (accessible at /crx/de) or search the content repository under /content for nodes containing form-related components such as 'form', 'textfield', 'textarea', or 'password' input typesAffected if Form field components exist in the repository and are accessible to low-privilege users
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Inspect form field data for unsanitized contentUse CRXDE Lite or the Query tool to search stored form field values in /content for suspicious patterns like <script>, javascript:, onload=, or other HTML/script tagsAffected if Any form field entries contain raw HTML, script tags, or JavaScript event handlers without encoding
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Review output encoding configuration on form componentsExamine the JSP, HTL, or Sightly templates used to render form fields (typically under /apps or /libs) and verify whether server-side encoding functions such as text() or encoding utilities are applied to user-submitted values before displayAffected if Form field display templates do not apply output encoding and render user input as raw HTML
You are affected if your AEM version is below 6.5.23.0 or below 2025.5.0 AND low-privilege authenticated users can access form fields that are rendered without proper output encoding.
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 apply the vendor-provided security patch. Until patched, implement output encoding on form field display and consider restricting low-privilege user permissions to sensitive form fields.
Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.23.0 or later (6.5.x line); Adobe Experience Manager 2025.5.0 or later (2024.x/2025.x line)
- Back up your current Adobe Experience Manager instance and content repository
- Review the official Adobe upgrade documentation for your current version at helpx.adobe.com
- Create a staging or development environment that mirrors production
- In the test environment, upgrade AEM from your current version to 6.5.23.0 (for 6.5.x line) or 2025.5.0 (for the 2024.x/2025.x line)
- Run regression tests on the upgraded environment to verify custom components, workflows, and integrations still function correctly
- Once testing is complete, schedule a maintenance window and apply the same upgrade to production
- After upgrade, verify the XSS vulnerability is resolved by testing the previously vulnerable form fields
- Monitor AEM logs and user reports post-upgrade for any unexpected behavior
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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