CVE-2025-64619
📋 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 6.5.23 and earlier.
💻 Affected Systems
- Adobe Experience Manager
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator credentials, perform session hijacking, deface websites, or redirect users to malicious sites, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers with low privileges steal session cookies or user data from other users browsing affected pages, enabling account takeover or data theft.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, malicious scripts are neutralized before execution, preventing successful exploitation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated low-privileged access; stored XSS allows persistent attacks across user sessions.
🛠️ 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 AEM 6.5.24 or later from Adobe. 2. Backup current installation. 3. Apply the update following Adobe's upgrade documentation. 4. Restart AEM services.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement server-side input validation to sanitize user input in form fields.
Configure AEM's XSS protection filters via OSGi configuration
Content Security Policy
allImplement CSP headers to restrict script execution sources.
Add 'Content-Security-Policy' header to web server configuration
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict low-privileged user access to content creation/modification features
- Implement web application firewall rules to block XSS payloads
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check AEM version via CRXDE Lite or system console; if version is 6.5.23 or earlier, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
curl -u admin:password http://localhost:4502/system/console/status-productinfoVerify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify version is 6.5.24 or later and test form fields with XSS payloads to ensure sanitization.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual POST requests to form submission endpoints with script tags
- Error logs showing XSS filter violations
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing JavaScript payloads in form parameters
SIEM Query:
source="aem.log" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onerror=" OR "onload=")