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: 2026-09-08
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting in Adobe Experience Manager form fields
Action: Assess Impact
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to a stored cross‑site scripting flaw that allows an attacker with limited privileges to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. When a victim views a page containing the compromised field, the injected script executes in the victim’s browser, potentially enabling the attacker to steal session data, deface content, or perform actions on behalf of the user. The description notes that the vulnerability’s scope is changed, indicating the ability to affect code outside the initially targeted component. The weakness is identified as CWE‑79.

Affected Systems

Affected products are Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, its long‑term support branch, and the cloud‑service deployment of the platform. The vulnerability applies to all installations that allow user‑supplied content to be rendered within form fields without proper sanitization.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 classifies the flaw as medium severity. No EPSS metric is available, so the exploitation probability cannot be quantified from the data. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Based on the description, the likely attack vector is an attacker injecting scripts into insecure form fields that are later rendered to other users’ browsers. No additional prerequisites or complex conditions are stated, so typical authenticated or unprivileged users with write access to form content can abuse this flaw. The impact is confined to the victim’s browser execution context and does not grant direct access to the underlying system or data storage.

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

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply any vendor patch or update that addresses the stored XSS vulnerability in the listed AEM versions as soon as it becomes available.
  • Ensure that all user‑input fields in AEM forms are properly sanitized or escaped before rendering, following standard XSS mitigation practices.
  • Restrict editing rights for form content to trusted, high‑privilege users and regularly audit permission assignments.
  • Deploy a content security policy that limits the execution of inline scripts and disallows unsafe JavaScript on affected pages.

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

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History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +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

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +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 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

Adobe Experience Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T15:42:53.783Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-75643

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T15:42:43.799Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:13.543

Modified: 2026-09-11T12:44:09.593

Link: CVE-2026-75643

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')