CVE-2025-64577
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 6.5.23 and earlier contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability where low-privileged users can inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. The malicious payload persists in the system and executes when other users view pages containing the affected fields.
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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 AEM installed versionAccess the AEM system console or version information page (typically via /system/console or checking version.properties in the installation directory) to identify the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is less than 6.5.24.0, less than 2025.12.0, or exactly 6.5
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Identify form field usageReview the content repository and form component configurations to determine if form fields that accept user input are deployed and accessible on published pagesAffected if Form fields accepting user input are in use within the AEM environment
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Scan for injected scripts in form contentQuery the content repository or examine stored form submission data for suspicious patterns such as script tags, javascript: URIs, event handlers (onload, onerror, onclick), or encoded payloadsAffected if Malicious JavaScript payloads are found stored in form field data within the repository
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Review user permission levelsExamine the user and group permission configurations in AEM to identify low-privilege accounts that have access to create or modify form contentAffected if Low-privileged users have permissions to author or modify form field content
The environment is affected if the AEM version is within the vulnerable range AND form fields accepting user input are present, regardless of whether malicious payloads are currently detected.
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
Implement proper input validation and output encoding for all form fields, and apply available AEM security patches. Consider Content Security Policy headers as an additional defense layer.
6.5.24.0 or later for 6.5.x line; 2025.12.0 or later for 2025.x line
- Verify current Adobe Experience Manager version by accessing the system information console or checking the about.xhtml page
- Review the Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.24.0 or 2025.12.0 release notes for the specific security fixes and any known compatibility considerations
- Ensure a complete backup of the AEM repository, database, and configuration files before upgrading
- Test the upgrade in a non-production environment to verify compatibility with custom code, third-party integrations, and workflows
- Stop all AEM instances and related services before applying the upgrade
- Apply the upgrade by running the AEM 6.5.24.0 or later (or 2025.12.0 or later) installer following Adobe's official upgrade documentation
- After upgrade, verify that all form fields where XSS was possible now properly sanitize input
- Restart AEM instances and validate all workflows, integrations, and user-created forms are functioning correctly
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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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
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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