CVE-2025-64627
📋 TL;DR
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that 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. This affects organizations using vulnerable AEM instances for content management.
💻 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, redirect users to malicious sites, or deploy additional malware payloads.
Likely Case
Attackers with low privileges could deface content, steal user session data from other low-privileged users, or perform limited unauthorized actions within the application.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding controls, the vulnerability would be prevented from executing malicious scripts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated access but only low privileges. Exploitation involves injecting JavaScript into vulnerable form fields that persists in the system.
🛠️ 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's distribution portal. 2. Apply the service pack following Adobe's upgrade documentation. 3. Restart all AEM instances. 4. Verify the update was successful.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement custom servlet filters to sanitize user input in form fields
Implement Java servlet filter with OWASP Java Encoder library for input sanitization
Content Security Policy
allImplement strict CSP headers to restrict script execution
Add 'Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self'' to HTTP response headers
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block XSS payloads
- Restrict low-privileged user access to content creation/editing capabilities
🔍 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-productinfo | grep 'Adobe Experience Manager'Verify Fix Applied:
After patching, verify version is 6.5.24 or later. Test form fields with basic XSS payloads to confirm sanitization.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual content creation/modification by low-privileged users
- Requests containing script tags or JavaScript in form parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with suspicious script payloads in POST data
- Unexpected outbound connections from AEM servers
SIEM Query:
source="aem_logs" AND ("<script>" OR "javascript:" OR "onload=" OR "onerror=")