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: DOM-based Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to a DOM‑based Cross‑Site Scripting flaw that allows an attacker to manipulate the DOM and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim’s browser when the victim visits a crafted page. This can compromise the confidentiality and integrity of the victim session, potentially enabling cookie theft, UI defacement, or other malicious actions. The vulnerability exploits unsanitized input in client‑side code and the impact is confined to the context of the interacting browser. Per the description, the attack requires the victim to load a malicious web page; no additional privileged conditions are attested.

Affected Systems

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, including the 6.5 LTS release, and the Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service offering are affected by the flaw. No further version granularity is provided beyond these product lines.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates a moderate risk level. The EPSS score is not available, so current exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and the attacker must obtain user interaction by visiting a malicious website. Because it is a client‑side DOM‑based XSS the exploitation scope is limited to the victim’s browser, but the lack of immediate mitigation could lead to moderate impact in environments where the affected Experience Manager instances are exposed to users.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 10:00 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 security patch outlined in the Adobe advisory to fix the DOM‑based XSS flaw.
  • If the patch cannot be applied immediately, add a Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts and unsafe evaluations to prevent execution of injected code.
  • Review and sanitize any client‑side code that dynamically inserts user data into the DOM, ensuring that data is encoded or validated before rendering.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 10:00 UTC.

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History

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +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

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: 2026-09-11T21:22:29.432Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T01:29:54.613Z

Link: CVE-2026-75635

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T21:22:23.328Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:12.847

Modified: 2026-09-11T22:16:38.650

Link: CVE-2026-75635

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T10:15:09Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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