CVE-2025-64582
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-privileged attacker can inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form inputs, which then executes in victim users' browsers when they view the affected page.
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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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Identify installed AEM versionAccess the AEM Welcome page and navigate to Tools > Operations > Diagnosis, or append /system/console/status-htmlbootstrap to your AEM URL to view version information. Alternatively, check the manifest file in the crx-quickstart folder.Affected if The version displayed is 6.5.x where x is 23 or lower, or any version earlier than 2025.12.0, or labeled simply as 6.5 with no point release number.
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Verify if Forms or Core Components are in useNavigate to the AEM Forms UI at /aem/forms.html or check the Core Components inventory at /libs/wcm/core/content/sites/components.html. Look for any deployed form-based workflows, adaptive forms, or custom form components.Affected if Form components, adaptive forms, or custom form fields are present and accessible to users without administrator privileges.
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Check user permission levels for form submissionsNavigate to Tools > Security > Users or Groups in AEM. Identify which groups have access to form submission endpoints. Verify if low-privileged users (contributors, content authors, or public-facing users) can submit forms.Affected if Low-privilege users (non-admin) have write access to form fields or form submission capabilities.
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Inspect form field input validation settingsLocate form component configurations in CRX/DE (access /apps or /conf). Review the XML or XML configuration files for deployed form components. Check whether input validation rules or output encoding is explicitly defined on form input fields.Affected if Form fields lack explicit input validation rules or output encoding configuration, allowing arbitrary text submission.
You are affected if your AEM version is 6.5.23 or earlier, 6.5 (no point release), or earlier than 2025.12.0, AND you have form components accessible to low-privileged users without proper input validation configured.
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
Update Adobe Experience Manager to version 6.5.24 or later. Alternatively, implement strict input validation and output encoding on all form fields as a compensating control until the patch can be applied.
AEM 6.5.24.0 or later / AEM 2025.12.0 or later
- Navigate to the Adobe Experience Manager downloads page on helpx.adobe.com
- Identify the appropriate fixed version for your deployment: either AEM 6.5.24.0 or later, or AEM 2025.12.0 or later
- Review the release notes for the target version to understand any configuration or compatibility requirements
- Plan the upgrade following Adobe's standard upgrade procedure for AEM
- Back up your current AEM instance before performing the upgrade
- Install the upgraded version in a test environment first to validate customizations and integrations
- After testing, apply the upgrade to production environment
- Verify the fix by confirming the vulnerable form fields no longer accept malicious script injection
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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