Description
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by manipulating the DOM environment to execute malicious JavaScript within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a crafted webpage. Scope is changed.
Published: 2026-09-08
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a DOM‑based Cross‑Site Scripting vulnerability that allows an attacker to manipulate the browser’s DOM environment to execute malicious JavaScript within the victim’s session. The flaw requires the victim to visit a crafted webpage, after which arbitrary code can run in the victim’s context, potentially leading to data theft, credential compromise or further session hijacking. The vulnerability changes the scope, which means the impact can extend beyond the initial context of the request.

Affected Systems

The affected product family is Adobe Experience Manager, specifically version 6.5, the 6.5 LTS release, and the Experience Manager as a Cloud Service offering. No additional version granularity is reported; all builds of these releases are considered vulnerable unless an update has been applied.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS base score of 5.4 indicates a medium severity rating, and the exploitation is dependent on user interaction – the attacker must lure a user to a crafted URL or page. The EPSS score is not available, and the issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting there is no widespread exploitation yet. Attackers would likely employ phishing or compromised websites to target users, and the impact is limited to the browser context of the victim.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:20 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Adobe Experience Manager security update that contains the DOM‑based XSS fix.
  • Enforce server‑side validation and encoding of all user‑supplied data before it reaches the client side to prevent DOM manipulation.
  • If a patch is not immediately available, limit user exposure by blocking or removing the vulnerable page elements or by configuring a web‑application firewall rule to filter suspicious requests that could trigger the XSS vector.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:20 UTC.

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History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:-:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:-:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp1:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp2:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Adobe
Adobe experience Manager

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this issue by manipulating the DOM environment to execute malicious JavaScript within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a crafted webpage. Scope is changed.
Title Adobe Experience Manager | Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based 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

Adobe Experience Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T13:12:56.622Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T01:29:54.612Z

Link: CVE-2026-75629

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T13:12:52.853Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:12.617

Modified: 2026-09-11T12:19:43.263

Link: CVE-2026-75629

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T12:30:09Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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