CVE-2025-47008
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier contain a stored XSS vulnerability where low-privileged attackers can inject malicious scripts into form fields. When victims browse pages containing these compromised fields, their browsers execute the attacker's JavaScript. This affects organizations using vulnerable AEM instances for content management.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Experience Manager
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator session cookies, perform actions as authenticated users, deface websites, or redirect users to malicious sites, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers with low privileges inject malicious scripts to steal session cookies or credentials from users who view compromised pages, enabling privilege escalation or data theft.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, malicious scripts are neutralized, preventing execution and limiting impact to failed injection attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated low-privileged access; stored XSS is straightforward once vulnerable fields are identified.
🛠️ 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. Backup AEM instance. 2. Download and apply AEM 6.5.23+ update from Adobe Distribution. 3. Restart AEM services. 4. Verify update via AEM console.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Input Validation Filters
allAdd custom servlet filters to sanitize user input in form fields before processing.
Create and deploy custom Java filter implementing javax.servlet.Filter to sanitize parameters
Enable Content Security Policy
allConfigure CSP headers to restrict script execution sources.
Set HTTP header: Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self'
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to form editing capabilities
- Implement web application firewall rules to block XSS payload patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via OSGi console (http://host:port/system/console/bundles) or CRXDE; if version ≤6.5.22, vulnerable.Check Version:
curl -s http://localhost:4502/system/console/bundles | grep 'Adobe Experience Manager'Verify Fix Applied:
Confirm AEM version is 6.5.23+ and test form fields with XSS payloads (e.g., <script>alert('test')</script>) to ensure sanitization.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to form handlers with script tags
- Error logs showing malformed input rejection
Network Indicators:
- HTTP traffic containing script payloads in form parameters
- Unexpected outbound connections from AEM to external domains
SIEM Query:
source="aem_access.log" AND ("<script" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")