CVE-2025-46931
📋 TL;DR
This stored XSS vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager allows low-privileged attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form fields. When victims browse pages containing these fields, their browsers execute the attacker's scripts, potentially compromising user sessions or stealing sensitive data. Organizations using Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Experience Manager
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator credentials, hijack user sessions, deface websites, or redirect users to malicious sites, potentially leading to complete system compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers with low privileges could steal session cookies, perform actions as authenticated users, or capture sensitive form data submitted by users.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, the risk is limited to potential data leakage from the specific vulnerable field.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated low-privileged access to vulnerable form fields
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.5.23 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-48.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.23 or later from Adobe's official distribution channels. 2. Follow Adobe's upgrade documentation for your deployment type (on-premise or cloud). 3. Apply the update to all affected instances. 4. Restart the AEM service. 5. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement server-side input validation to sanitize user input in form fields
Configure AEM's XSS protection filters to validate and sanitize form field inputs
Content Security Policy
allImplement strict Content Security Policy headers to limit script execution
Add 'Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self'' to HTTP response headers
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to vulnerable form fields and components
- Implement web application firewall rules to detect and block XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via AEM Web Console (/system/console/bundles) or CRXDE Lite, verify version is 6.5.22 or earlierCheck Version:
curl -k https://<aem-host>:<port>/system/console/bundles | grep 'Adobe Experience Manager'Verify Fix Applied:
Verify AEM version is 6.5.23 or later, test form fields with XSS payloads to ensure they're properly sanitized📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to form endpoints with script tags or JavaScript payloads
- Multiple failed XSS attempts in request logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing <script> tags or JavaScript functions in form parameters
SIEM Query:
source="aem-access.log" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")