CVE-2025-46959
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier contain a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that allows low-privileged attackers to execute malicious JavaScript in victims' browsers. Exploitation requires user interaction where a victim visits a specially crafted web page. This affects organizations using vulnerable Adobe Experience Manager instances.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Experience Manager
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal session cookies, perform actions as authenticated users, or redirect users to malicious sites, potentially leading to account compromise or data theft.
Likely Case
Attackers could perform limited session hijacking or deface content within the application context, though impact is constrained by user interaction requirement.
If Mitigated
With proper Content Security Policy (CSP) headers and input validation, impact is minimal as malicious scripts would be blocked or sanitized.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires low-privileged access and user interaction via crafted web page.
🛠️ 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 distribution portal. 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.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Content Security Policy
allAdd strict CSP headers to block inline scripts and restrict script sources.
Add 'Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self'' to web server configuration
Input Validation Filter
allImplement server-side input validation to sanitize DOM manipulation inputs.
Configure AEM's XSS protection filter via OSGi console
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict Content Security Policy headers to block inline scripts.
- Restrict low-privileged user access to content authoring features.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via CRXDE Lite or system console. If version is 6.5.22 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
curl -u admin:password http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-productinfo | grep 'Adobe Experience Manager'Verify Fix Applied:
Verify AEM version is 6.5.23 or later and test DOM manipulation inputs are properly sanitized.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual DOM manipulation requests in access logs
- JavaScript errors related to CSP violations
Network Indicators:
- Requests with suspicious script tags in parameters
- Unexpected redirects to external domains
SIEM Query:
source="aem_access.log" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")