Description
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into a web page, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page. Scope is changed.
Published: 2026-10-13
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 1.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: Reflected XSS
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to a reflected Cross‑Site Scripting flaw that allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages. If successfully exploited, the attacker could execute code in the victim’s browser, potentially gaining elevated access or control of the victim’s account or session. The vulnerability is classified as a scope‑changing flaw, meaning that compromise could affect additional components beyond the initial scope of the input.

Affected Systems

The flaw affects Adobe Experience Manager products including version 6.5, the 6.5 LTS release, and the experience manager as a cloud service. No other vendors or product lines are currently listed as affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.3 indicates a high severity, and the attack requires only user interaction with a malicious URL or injected content; based on the description, it is inferred that the attacker can be external. EPSS is not available, but the absence of a KEV listing does not reduce the urgency of mitigation. Attackers can obtain elevated privileges by leveraging the reflected script payload, so the risk of exposure and potential data loss is significant.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 14, 2026 at 05:17 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the Adobe Experience Manager security update released in APSB26‑152 to remove the reflected XSS flaw.
  • If an update cannot be applied immediately, restrict or sanitize query parameters and user input that are reflected back to the browser, ensuring all dynamic content is properly encoded.
  • Monitor traffic for unusually constructed URLs or look‑ups that may indicate exploitation attempts and block or quarantine affected sessions.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 14, 2026 at 05:17 UTC.

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History

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Adobe
Adobe adobe Experience Manager
Adobe experience Manager
Adobe experience Manager Cloud Service
Vendors & Products Adobe
Adobe adobe Experience Manager
Adobe experience Manager
Adobe experience Manager Cloud Service

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into a web page, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page. Scope is changed.
Title Adobe Experience Manager | Cross-site Scripting (Reflected XSS) (CWE-79)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Adobe Adobe Experience Manager Experience Manager Experience Manager Cloud Service
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T16:42:33.868Z

Reserved: 2026-08-31T22:35:14.086Z

Link: CVE-2026-83662

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Updated: 2026-10-14T16:42:26.683Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-13T20:18:11.500

Modified: 2026-10-31T00:57:03.257

Link: CVE-2026-83662

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T13:05:56Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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