CVE-2025-64576
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 confidenceAdobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in form fields. A low-privilege attacker can inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form input fields, which persists on the server. When other users browse to pages containing these compromised fields, the malicious script executes in their browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, performing actions on behalf of users, or defacing content.
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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 installed AEM versionLog into AEM as administrator and navigate to Help > System Information, or check the version from the AEM SDK or the crx-quickstart folder name. Alternatively, query the version via the JMX console or examine the manifest file in crx-quickstart/app.Affected if The version is 6.5.x where x <= 23, or the version is < 2025.12.0, or it matches exactly 6.5.
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Identify exposed form fieldsReview the AEM instance for any custom or out-of-the-box forms that accept user input, particularly in content fragments, experience fragments, or community components. Check the touch UI form components under /apps or /libs in the CRXDE Lite repository.Affected if User-generated form fields exist and are accessible to low-privilege users without review.
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Inspect form input handling in the repositoryUse CRXDE Lite to navigate to the form component definitions under /libs or /apps and examine the server-side validation or encoding logic in the JSP, HTL, or Java models handling form submissions.Affected if No server-side output encoding or input validation is present on the form field components.
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Search for malicious scripts in form dataQuery the JCR repository via CRXDE Lite or AEM Developer Tools for any script tags, event handlers (onload, onerror, onclick), or JavaScript URLs stored in form-related content nodes, typically under /content or /var.Affected if Stored XSS payloads exist in form field content nodes.
You are affected if your AEM version is 6.5.23 or earlier (or < 2025.12.0), you have exposed form fields accepting user input, and no server-side sanitization is applied to those form inputs.
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
Apply the official AEM security patch for CVE-2025-64576 (upgrade to AEM 6.5.24 or later). Until patched, implement Content Security Policy (CSP) headers and disable inline JavaScript to reduce exploitation impact.
AEM 6.5.24.0 (or AEM cloud 2025.12.0)
- 1. Perform a full backup of the Adobe Experience Manager instance and content repository before proceeding
- 2. Review Adobe's official upgrade documentation for AEM 6.5.24.0 at helpx.adobe.com
- 3. Upgrade Adobe Experience Manager from version 6.5.23 or earlier to version 6.5.24.0 or later
- 4. For cloud/2025 releases, upgrade to version 2025.12.0 or later
- 5. Verify the upgrade completed successfully by checking the AEM version in the About Adobe Experience Manager console
- 6. Test the previously vulnerable form fields to confirm the stored XSS vulnerability is remediated
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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