CVE-2025-47117
📋 TL;DR
This stored Cross-Site Scripting 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 administrator credentials, perform actions as authenticated users, deface websites, or redirect users to malicious sites.
Likely Case
Session hijacking, credential theft, or unauthorized content modification by authenticated low-privileged users.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and output encoding, though some risk remains until patched.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access to vulnerable form fields. No public exploit code is currently available.
🛠️ 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 and Output Encoding
allImplement strict input validation and proper output encoding for all form fields.
Content Security Policy
allImplement a strict Content Security Policy to mitigate XSS impact.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to form editing capabilities
- Implement web application firewall rules to block XSS patterns
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via the Welcome screen or OSGi console. If version is 6.5.22 or earlier, the system is vulnerable.Check Version:
curl -s http://localhost:4502/libs/granite/core/content/login.html | grep 'AEM 6.5'Verify Fix Applied:
Verify AEM version is 6.5.23 or later. Test form fields for proper input validation and output encoding.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual form submissions with script tags
- Multiple failed validation attempts on form fields
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing script payloads in form parameters
SIEM Query:
source="aem-access.log" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")