CVE-2025-47079
📋 TL;DR
This stored XSS vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager allows low-privileged attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. When users visit pages containing the compromised fields, their browsers execute the attacker's code. Organizations running AEM versions 6.5.22 or earlier are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Experience Manager
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator credentials, hijack user sessions, deface websites, or redirect users to malicious sites, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers with low privileges could steal session cookies, perform actions as authenticated users, or conduct phishing attacks against other users.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding controls, the risk is limited to potential data leakage from the specific vulnerable fields.
🎯 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 AEM 6.5.23 or later from Adobe's distribution portal. 2. Apply the service pack following Adobe's upgrade documentation. 3. Restart the AEM instance. 4. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement custom servlet filters to sanitize input in vulnerable form fields
Implement custom Java servlet filter with OWASP Java Encoder library
Content Security Policy
allDeploy strict CSP headers to limit script execution
Add 'Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self'' to HTTP headers
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to content editing capabilities
- Implement web application firewall rules to block XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via OSGi console or CRXDE, verify version is 6.5.22 or earlierCheck Version:
curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-productinfoVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm AEM version is 6.5.23 or later and test form fields for XSS payload acceptance📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual content modifications by low-privileged users
- JavaScript payloads in request logs
Network Indicators:
- Suspicious script tags in HTTP POST requests to form endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="aem-access.log" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")