CVE-2025-46965
📋 TL;DR
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (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. This affects Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier.
💻 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, redirect to malicious sites, or deploy ransomware-like payloads within the application context.
Likely Case
Session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement of application pages through injected content.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation, output encoding, and Content Security Policy (CSP) headers in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation 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 distribution portal. 2. Follow Adobe's upgrade documentation for your deployment type (AEM as a Cloud Service, AMS, or on-premise). 3. Apply the update and restart all AEM instances.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Content Security Policy
allAdd CSP headers to restrict script execution sources and reduce XSS impact.
Add 'Content-Security-Policy' header to web server configuration with appropriate directives.
Input Validation Filter
allDeploy custom servlet filter to sanitize form field inputs before processing.
Implement Java servlet filter using OWASP Java Encoder or similar library to sanitize user inputs.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to form creation/modification capabilities.
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block XSS payloads.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via OSGi console (http://[host]:[port]/system/console/bundles) or CRXDE Lite package manager.Check Version:
curl -s http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles | grep 'Adobe Experience Manager'Verify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 6.5.23 or later and test form fields with XSS payloads to ensure sanitization.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual form submissions with script tags or JavaScript payloads in request parameters.
- Multiple failed XSS attempts from same user/IP.
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing <script>, javascript:, or encoded XSS payloads in POST data.
SIEM Query:
source="aem-access.log" AND ("<script" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")