CVE-2023-48516 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field.

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 0.00229.

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/apsb23-72.html

History

Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Title	Stored XSS in `cq/gui/components/common/admin/customsearch/clientlibs/customsearchfacets/js/submit.js`	Adobe Experience Manager \| Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79)

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2023-12-15T10:16:19.614Z

Updated: 2025-05-21T14:18:13.296Z

Reserved: 2023-11-16T23:29:25.384Z

Link: CVE-2023-48516

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:30:35.482Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-15T11:15:25.677

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:31:52.977

Link: CVE-2023-48516

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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