CVE-2025-64547
📋 TL;DR
This stored XSS vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager allows low-privileged attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. When victims visit pages containing the compromised fields, their browsers execute the attacker's scripts. Organizations using Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected.
💻 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.
Likely Case
Attackers with low privileges could elevate their access, steal user session data, or perform limited malicious actions within the application context.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, the impact is limited to the specific vulnerable field with minimal privilege escalation potential.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated low-privileged access to vulnerable form fields
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.5.24 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-115.html
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.24 or later from Adobe's official distribution channels. 2. Follow Adobe's upgrade documentation for your deployment type (on-premise or cloud). 3. Apply the update to all affected instances. 4. Restart the AEM service to complete the installation.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement server-side input validation to sanitize user input in form fields
Content Security Policy
allImplement strict CSP headers to limit script execution
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall rules to block XSS payloads
- Restrict low-privileged user access to vulnerable form fields and components
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via OSGi console or CRXDE Lite. If version is 6.5.23 or earlier, the system is vulnerable.Check Version:
curl -u admin:admin http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-productinfo.json | grep "Adobe Experience Manager"Verify Fix Applied:
Verify AEM version is 6.5.24 or later and test form fields for XSS payload acceptance.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual form submissions with script tags
- Multiple failed XSS attempts in request logs
- Suspicious user input patterns in form fields
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing script tags or JavaScript payloads in form parameters
- Unusual outbound connections from AEM instances
SIEM Query:
source="aem_logs" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onload=" OR "onerror=")