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 (Stored XSS)
Action: Patch Now
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to a stored XSS flaw that allows a low‑privileged attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields. The injected code persists in the system and executes whenever a victim opens a page that displays the vulnerable field, enabling theft of session data, credential tampering, or delivery of malware. The likely attack vector is via the web form interface; based on the description, it is inferred that the attacker can submit crafted input through a vulnerable form field. Because the payload is stored, subsequent users who view the content are also exposed to the malicious script.

Affected Systems

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, 6.5 LTS, and Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service are all impacted. Specific version ranges are not specified, so all editions of 6.5 and the cloud offering should be treated as potentially vulnerable.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.4 categorises this as a moderate‑severity issue. The EPSS score is not available and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog, so the exploitation probability is unclear, yet a stored XSS can be leveraged to steal credentials or inject additional malicious payloads. The reported scope change indicates that the flaw may also affect authentication scope or other downstream systems, raising the potential impact. Attackers can compromise the victim’s browser session, making timely remediation advisable.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:43 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the Adobe Experience Manager security patch or upgrade to a later supported version as listed in the Adobe security bulletin.
  • Implement input validation and output encoding on all form fields to block malicious script injection.
  • Configure a web application firewall or enforce a Content Security Policy to detect and neutralise XSS payloads.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 9, 2026 at 12:43 UTC.

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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 14:15:00 +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 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: 2026-09-10T15:01:25.570Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T01:29:54.622Z

Link: CVE-2026-75737

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-09T16:41:54.740Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:21.440

Modified: 2026-09-10T16:17:56.080

Link: CVE-2026-75737

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')