CVE-2025-64597
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 confidenceA stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier allows low-privileged authenticated users to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. The 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 your Adobe Experience Manager versionAccess the AEM Welcome page or navigate to /system/console/config and locate the Adobe Experience Manager Product Version information. Alternatively, run: curl -s -u admin:password http://localhost:4502/crx/packmgr/service.jsp?cmd=versionAffected if The installed version is 6.5.23 or earlier, or 6.5.x where x is less than 24, or any version earlier than 2025.12.0
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Identify form fields that accept user inputReview your AEM instance for any custom or out-of-the-box forms that allow user-generated content, particularly in dialogs, content fragments, or custom components. Check /apps and /libs for form components with input fields.Affected if Your AEM instance contains form fields that accept input from low-privileged authenticated users
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Review form field content for suspicious payloadsQuery the AEM repository (via CRXDE Lite at /crx/de or using the Query Manager) for script tags or JavaScript patterns in form content. Example query: //element(*, nt:unstructured)[contains(@*, '<script')]Affected if Any stored form data contains script tags, javascript: URLs, or event handler attributes like onload, onerror, or onclick
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Check user permissions on form-enabled groupsNavigate to Tools > Security > Permissions in AEM, or access /useradmin, and review groups with contributor or author access to see if they can edit form content.Affected if Low-privilege user groups (such as contributors or content-authors) have write access to form fields
You are affected if your AEM version is earlier than 6.5.24.0 or 2025.12.0 AND your system allows low-privileged users to submit form content that contains unsanitized script injection payloads.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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dbcve · scoped6.5.24.02025.12.0
Implement proper input validation and output encoding on vulnerable form fields, and consider deploying Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS execution.
6.5.24.0 (on-premise) or 2025.12.0 (AEM as a Cloud Service)
- 1. Backup your AEM instance and content repository before applying any updates
- 2. For AEM 6.5 on-premise: upgrade to version 6.5.24.0 or later
- 3. For AEM as a Cloud Service: upgrade to version 2025.12.0 or later
- 4. Verify the upgrade in a non-production environment first
- 5. After upgrade, validate that custom form components and fields function correctly
- 6. Test that the XSS fix does not break legitimate form submissions
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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