CVE-2025-47004
📋 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 AEM 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 install malware via drive-by downloads.
Likely Case
Session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement of web pages through injected content.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, the vulnerability would be prevented, though patching is still recommended.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated low-privileged access and knowledge of vulnerable 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 AEM 6.5.23 or later from Adobe. 2. Backup current installation. 3. Apply the update following Adobe's upgrade documentation. 4. Restart AEM services.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement server-side input validation to sanitize user input in form fields.
Configure AEM's XSS protection filters via OSGi console or configuration files.
Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict script execution sources.
Add 'Content-Security-Policy' header via web server configuration or AEM dispatcher.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to content authoring interfaces.
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads.
🔍 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:
After patching, verify version is 6.5.23 or later and test form fields with safe XSS payloads.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual content modifications in form fields
- Suspicious script tags in content nodes
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with script payloads in parameters
- Unexpected external script loads
SIEM Query:
source="aem.log" AND ("script" OR "javascript" OR "onload" OR "onerror")