Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction. A successful attacker can abuse this to achieve session takeover, increasing the confidentiality and integrity impact as high.
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History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00063}

epss

{'score': 0.00072}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Adobe
Adobe experience Manager
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:aem_cloud_service:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Adobe
Adobe experience Manager

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction. A successful attacker can abuse this to achieve session takeover, increasing the confidentiality and integrity impact as high.
Title Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Authorization (CWE-285)
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-12T03:55:09.562Z

Reserved: 2025-04-30T20:47:54.945Z

Link: CVE-2025-46840

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-11T14:05:15.469Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-10T23:15:24.350

Modified: 2025-06-13T13:04:39.607

Link: CVE-2025-46840

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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