CVE-2025-61797
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 11.6 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. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious link. Scope is changed.
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 11.6 and earlier contain a stored XSS vulnerability where low-privileged attackers can inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. When victims browse to pages containing these compromised fields, the script executes in their browsers. The changed scope indicates the attack can impact components beyond the vulnerable form itself.
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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= 6.5.22.0CVSS 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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Determine AEM versionAccess the AEM System Information console at /system/console/status-productinfo or check the version.properties file in the crx-quickstart directoryAffected if Version is 6.5.22.0 or any version 11.6 and earlier (6.x to 11.6)
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Identify form components with user inputReview the content structure under /content for form components (look for nodes containing cq:form, foundation/components/form, or custom form fields) that accept user-submitted dataAffected if Form components exist that store user input without output encoding validation
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Inspect stored form data for script tagsQuery the JCR repository (using CRXDE Lite or a repo query) for form field nodes containing suspicious patterns like <script>, javascript:, or onload/onerror attributes in text fields under form component pathsAffected if Any form field nodes contain unencoded HTML/script content that was submitted by users
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Review form field configurationsCheck the XML configuration of identified form components in /apps or /libs for the existence of proper input validation or output encoding settings (look for escapeXml, validator configurations, or Sanitizer service bindings)Affected if Form fields lack proper output encoding or input validation configurations
A user is affected if running AEM version 6.5.22.0 or any 11.6/earlier version AND the system contains form components that store user input without proper output encoding, allowing script injection to persist.
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.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch for AEM 11.6 or earlier and implement output encoding/validation on affected form fields to prevent script injection.
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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
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