CVE-2025-64555
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 6.5.23 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 6.5.23 and earlier allows low-privileged attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. When victims browse to pages containing these compromised fields, the injected script executes in their browsers, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement.
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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< 6.5.24.0< 2025.12.0= 6.5CVSS 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 your Adobe Experience Manager versionNavigate to the AEM Welcome page or check the version via the system console at /system/console/systeminfo. Look for the version number displayed.Affected if The version is 6.5.23 or earlier, any 6.5.x version below 6.5.24.0, any version below 2025.12.0, or exactly 6.5.
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Identify form fields in your AEM environmentReview your AEM content structures in CRXDE Lite (accessible at /crx/de) or use the Query Builder to find nodes containing form components such as text fields, textareas, or other input elements.Affected if Your AEM instance hosts form fields that accept user input and store it as content nodes.
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Examine stored form data for malicious scriptsIn CRXDE Lite, navigate to the content nodes where form submissions are stored. Inspect the properties for script tags, JavaScript event handlers (onerror, onload, onclick), or encoded suspicious patterns.Affected if Any form field content contains <script> tags, javascript: URLs, or event handler attributes.
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Review recently created or modified form contentUse the AEM Query Builder or check the modification history in CRXDE to identify recently created or changed form field nodes. Look for unexpected content in text-based form fields.Affected if Form field nodes contain unexpected JavaScript code or HTML that was not authored by legitimate content managers.
You are affected if your AEM version is below 6.5.24.0 or below 2025.12.0 and your environment uses form fields that accept and store user input.
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 · scoped6.5.24.02025.12.0
Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager to a version newer than 6.5.23. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding on form fields as a defense-in-depth measure.
6.5.24.0 or 2025.12.0
- Identify current Adobe Experience Manager version in use
- Plan upgrade window and backup the current environment
- Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager to version 6.5.24.0 or later (for 6.5.x line)
- Alternatively, upgrade to version 2025.12.0 or later if using the newer release cadence
- After upgrade, verify the XSS fix is applied by checking the Adobe security bulletin
- Test critical form workflows to ensure functionality is intact post-upgrade
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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