CVE-2023-22271 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Experience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Weak Cryptography for Passwords vulnerability that can lead to a security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker can exploit this in order to decrypt a user's password. The attack complexity is high since a successful exploitation requires to already have in possession this encrypted secret.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00057.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Experience Manager Experience Manager Cloud Service

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager_cloud_service::::::::

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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/apsb23-18.html

History

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-03-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-05T19:22:36.532Z

Reserved: 2022-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22271

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:07:05.456Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-22T17:15:14.973

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:44:26.000

Link: CVE-2023-22271

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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