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
Action: Patch Now
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager contains a stored XSS flaw that lets a low‑privileged attacker inject malicious JavaScript into certain form fields. When a victim later views the affected page, the script runs in their browser, potentially compromising session data or defacing content. The vulnerability is a classic input validation weakness resulting in client‑side code execution.

Affected Systems

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, and the Cloud Service version are all affected. No further version granularity was provided in the vendor data.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 indicates a moderate risk, and there is no EPSS data or KEV listing, suggesting no widespread exploitation has been observed. Attackers can exploit the flaw by submitting malicious payloads through the vulnerable form, and the low privilege required mitigates the overall impact compared with higher‑privilege attacks. Nonetheless, since JavaScript executes in the victims’ browsers, the risk to confidentiality and integrity of user data remains significant.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 09:43 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Deploy the Adobe Experience Manager update released in APSB26‑98, which sanitizes vulnerable form inputs.
  • Review and tighten custom form component configurations to enforce proper input validation and output encoding.
  • If the patch cannot be applied immediately, restrict user permissions and disable the affected form fields until remediation is completed.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 09:43 UTC.

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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 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: 2026-09-09T15:38:58.168Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T01:29:54.621Z

Link: CVE-2026-75730

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T15:38:51.803Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:20.710

Modified: 2026-09-10T13:53:03.657

Link: CVE-2026-75730

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T09:45:08Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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