CVE-2022-28851 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.13.0 (and earlier) is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires low-privilege access to AEM.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00281.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Adobe

Experience Manager

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	≤ 6.5.13.0
`unspecified`	affected	≤ None

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Experience Manager Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb22-40.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	AEM Reflected XSS Arbitrary code execution	AEM Reflected XSS Arbitrary code execution

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2022-09-30T16:55:58.415Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:53:23.920Z

Reserved: 2022-04-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28851

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:03:53.200Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-30T17:15:12.270

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:58:03.590

Link: CVE-2022-28851

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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