CVE-2025-47022
📋 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
Limited impact if proper input validation and output encoding are implemented, though stored XSS remains dangerous.
🎯 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. Follow Adobe's upgrade documentation. 3. Restart AEM services after installation.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement server-side input validation to sanitize user input in form fields.
Content Security Policy
allDeploy CSP headers to restrict script execution from untrusted sources.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to form editing capabilities.
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via admin console or system/console/status-productinfo endpoint.Check Version:
curl -k https://<aem-host>:<port>/system/console/status-productinfoVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 6.5.23 or later and test form fields for XSS payloads.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual form submissions with script tags or JavaScript payloads in request logs.
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing XSS patterns like <script> or javascript: in form parameters.
SIEM Query:
source="aem_access.log" AND ("<script" OR "javascript:")