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 leading to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim’s browser
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to a DOM‑based Cross‑Site Scripting flaw. An attacker can manipulate the Document Object Model to inject and run malicious JavaScript in the context of a user’s browser. Because the flaw operates entirely in the client browser, a victim must visit a crafted page for exploitation. The attack can expose sensitive data or hijack user sessions within the application domain.

Affected Systems

The flaw affects Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5 and 6.5 LTS, as well as the Experience Manager as a Cloud Service offering. All affected releases are listed in the Adobe advisory.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates moderate severity. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not in the CISA KEV catalog. Exploitation requires user interaction: a malicious link or embedded script must be visited or clicked by the target. The scope change indicates that the vulnerability is confined to the application’s local context, but the impact remains a client‑side code execution that an attacker can exploit on any authenticated or unauthenticated user who follows the crafted URL.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 09:47 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the security update released by Adobe to all affected Experience Manager installations.
  • If an immediate update is not possible, use a web‑application firewall to block known XSS attack patterns or restrict script execution from untrusted sources.
  • Conduct user awareness training to prevent interaction with crafted URLs and encourage safe browsing practices.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 09:47 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +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: 2026-09-09T13:26:47.096Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T01:29:54.614Z

Link: CVE-2026-75640

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T13:26:44.283Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:13.310

Modified: 2026-09-11T12:25:52.653

Link: CVE-2026-75640

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-27T12:00:16Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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