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 (XSS)
Action: Assess Impact
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to a DOM‑based Cross‑Site Scripting flaw that permits an attacker to inject and run malicious JavaScript in the victim’s browser context. The vulnerability escalates privileges within the application scope, potentially allowing session hijacking, data theft, or the execution of arbitrary client‑side scripts, but it does not grant direct server‑side code execution.

Affected Systems

The flaw affects Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, and the Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service offering. No specific version numbers beyond these product releases are listed, so all instances of these products may be impacted until a patch is applied.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates a moderate severity, and the absence of EPSS data means the likelihood of exploitation is not quantifiable at present. The vulnerability requires user interaction – a crafted webpage must be accessed by a victim – which reduces spontaneous exploitation potential. As of this analysis the flaw is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, implying no publicly known exploits are documented, though the scope change may allow privilege escalation within the application. Accordingly the risk is moderate but could increase should a vendor patch be delayed or if the flaw is leveraged in targeted attacks.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:35 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest Adobe Experience Manager security patch once released by Adobe
  • Implement a Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts and restricts script sources to trusted domains
  • Configure a web application firewall or security gateway to detect and block requests containing malicious DOM manipulation patterns

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:35 UTC.

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History

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +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: 2026-09-11T21:11:54.158Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-75651

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T21:11:49.046Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:14.073

Modified: 2026-09-11T21:17:15.073

Link: CVE-2026-75651

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T12:45:10Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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