Description
Adobe Experience Manager is 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. Scope is changed.
Published: 2026-07-14
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager contains a stored Cross‑Site Scripting vulnerability that allows a low‑privileged attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. When a victim visits a page that contains the injected script, the code runs in the victim’s browser. The CVE states that the scope of the vulnerability is changed, indicating potential impact beyond the initially affected component, but no further exploitation outcomes are detailed in the advisory.

Affected Systems

The affected products are Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, the LTS variant of 6.5, and the cloud‑based Adobe Experience Manager service. All deployments of these products that have not applied Adobe’s latest patch are vulnerable. No specific revision numbers are provided beyond the major product line, so any instance of these products is considered at risk until an update is confirmed.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates moderate severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1 % suggests a very low likelihood of exploitation at present. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The likely attack vector is inferred to involve submission of malicious content through a vulnerable form field, requiring the attacker to have the ability to submit data, after which the malicious JavaScript is stored and subsequently executed when a victim views the affected page. Because the flaw is scope‑changing, a successful exploitation could theoretically extend beyond the initially impacted component, yet the low EPSS and lack of known exploits imply the immediate risk remains moderate.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 31, 2026 at 05:35 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update Adobe Experience Manager to the latest release that contains the XSS fix as published in Adobe’s security bulletin.
  • If an update cannot be applied immediately, disable or strip JavaScript from user‑supplied form inputs by implementing server‑policy restrictions.
  • Apply output‑encoding to all rendered user data in affected templates to prevent interpreted script execution.
  • Monitor audit logs for repeated injection attempts against form endpoints and block IPs that exhibit malicious behavior.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 31, 2026 at 05:35 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Adobe Experience Manager is 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. Scope is changed.
Title Adobe Experience Manager | Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T19:38:45.696Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T15:28:38.131Z

Link: CVE-2026-48263

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T17:37:48.436Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T05:45:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')