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: Patch Now
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a DOM‑based Cross‑Site Scripting vulnerability that permits the execution of arbitrary JavaScript in a victim’s browser by manipulating the DOM through a crafted webpage. The flaw requires the victim to load a malicious page and does not need elevated privileges beyond the normal user context. It is identified as CWE‑79 and the advisory notes that scope has been changed, suggesting the impact may extend beyond a single component.

Affected Systems

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, its LTS release, and the as‑a‑cloud deployment. No specific version numbers are listed, so the risk applies to all releases of these products until a patch is applied.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates moderate severity. EPSS data is unavailable and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Because exploitation requires the victim to open a crafted webpage, the attack vector is web‑based user interaction. The scope change implies that the vulnerability could affect a broader portion of the application, but it remains dependent on user interaction, which limits uncontrolled exploitation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:34 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the official security patch or update for Adobe Experience Manager as released in the Adobe advisory (APS‑B26‑98).
  • If no patch is immediately available, enforce a strict Content Security Policy (CSP) to disallow inline scripts and restrict script sources to trusted origins.
  • Ensure that all data derived from URLs (e.g., query strings, fragment identifiers) is properly encoded or sanitized before being written to the DOM, and review application code for unsafe DOM assignments.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:34 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


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

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: 2026-09-10T15:00:43.906Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-75713

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T16:41:43.180Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:19.043

Modified: 2026-09-10T16:17:55.490

Link: CVE-2026-75713

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T15:30:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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