Description
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access to internal resources. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
Published: 2026-10-13
Score: 9.6 Critical
EPSS: 1.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: Privilege Escalation via XXE
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

Adobe Experience Manager is vulnerable to an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference, allowing a low‑privileged attacker to gain elevated access to internal resources. The vulnerability is a classic XXE flaw that can read arbitrary files or request external network resources, with the exposed scope change indicating that the impact can extend beyond the originally intended boundaries of the application.

Affected Systems

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, and Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service are affected. No additional specific version details are listed; users should verify the exact build of their deployed instance against the Adobe advisory.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 9.6 signals a critical level of risk. The EPSS score is not available, so the current public estimate of exploitation probability cannot be calculated, but the lack of a user interaction requirement and the scope change suggest that the vulnerability can be leveraged remotely through XML processing of application input. The issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, indicating no known widespread exploitation yet, but the high severity warrants immediate attention.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 14, 2026 at 10:22 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the official Adobe patch that addresses CVE-2026-90531.
  • Disable or restrict processing of XML external entities in the AEM configuration if configuration changes are possible.
  • Limit application permissions to ensure that even if an XXE is exploited, the attacker cannot access sensitive internal resources.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 14, 2026 at 10:22 UTC.

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Advisories

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History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:15:00 +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 05:30:00 +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 an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access to internal resources. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
Title Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
Weaknesses CWE-611
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 2026-10-14T04:00:07.366Z

Reserved: 2026-09-12T11:07:13.698Z

Link: CVE-2026-90531

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Updated: 2026-10-13T20:03:28.951Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-13T20:19:10.030

Modified: 2026-10-29T19:02:42.427

Link: CVE-2026-90531

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T13:05:49Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-611

    Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference