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 (DOM-based XSS)
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The vulnerability is a DOM-based Cross‑Site Scripting flaw (CWE‑79) in Adobe Experience Manager that allows an attacker to inject and execute malicious JavaScript in a victim’s browser by visiting a crafted webpage. Based on the description, it is inferred that the attacker could potentially steal session data, manipulate the page DOM, or perform phishing attacks. The flaw requires user interaction with the crafted URL and does not permit server‑side code execution; however, because the scope is changed it may affect additional components indirectly when the victim proceeds to further content.

Affected Systems

The affected products are Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, and Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service. All versions within these product lines are vulnerable; no specific patch version is listed in the current advisory, so any deployment of those products should be considered at risk until a corrective update is applied.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS base score is 5.4, which classifies the vulnerability as moderate. The EPSS metric is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog, indicating no widely known public exploitation yet. The exploit requires an end‑user to click a malicious link, so the risk is primarily around phishing or social engineering attempts. Attackers would need only to send a crafted URL to users of the affected Adobe Experience Manager installations. As the issue triggers after user interaction, organizations should monitor for unusual user activity and enforce mitigations until a vendor fix is deployed.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 13:22 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Check Adobe’s security bulletin and download the latest patch for Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, 6.5 LTS, or Cloud Service and apply it promptly.
  • Until patch availability, enforce a strict Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts and restricts script sources to trusted origins, reducing the impact of any potential DOM manipulation.
  • Educate users about phishing links and protect them with spam‑filtering and link scanning solutions so that malicious URLs are flagged before users click them.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 13:22 UTC.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +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: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 18:30:00 +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: 2026-09-09T17:33:52.403Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T01:29:54.620Z

Link: CVE-2026-75712

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T17:33:49.136Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:18.927

Modified: 2026-09-10T13:51:39.023

Link: CVE-2026-75712

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T14:45:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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