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

This vulnerability allows an attacker to insert malicious JavaScript into a victim’s browser by manipulating the document object model. The flaw is triggered when a user visits a crafted web page and the attacker can execute code under the victim’s security context. This can lead to theft of session cookies, defacement, or other client‑side attacks, but does not provide direct access to the server or data beyond what a compromised browser can access.

Affected Systems

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, and Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service are affected. Version details are not explicitly listed in the advisory, but the impacted releases are those identified by Adobe as having this DOM‑based XSS flaw.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS v3 score is 5.4, indicating a moderate impact. EPSS data is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. Exploitation requires user interaction; an attacker must convince a victim to visit a maliciously crafted URL. The affected scope is changed, meaning the vulnerability might affect the application's operational context rather than separate user accounts. Given the moderate CVSS score and lack of widespread exploitation data, the risk is moderate but end‑users could still be impacted through phishing or malicious hyperlinks.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:15 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the patch released by Adobe in the APSB26‑98 advisory to Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, 6.5 LTS, and Cloud Service.
  • Audit custom components or extensions for unsafe DOM manipulation and ensure input is properly sanitized or encoded.
  • Deploy a content‑security‑policy that restricts script sources and blocks inline scripts to mitigate potential XSS exploitation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:15 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:15:00 +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: 2026-09-11T21:20:53.413Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-75716

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-11T21:20:49.000Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:19.390

Modified: 2026-09-11T22:16:41.660

Link: CVE-2026-75716

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-27T14:15:14Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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