CVE-2025-54249VulnerabilityPublished 9 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-54249: Adobe Experience Manager · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affects Adobe Experience ManagerSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · public detection template (Nuclei) · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 79% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Sep 2025
Detectable: evidence found.
nuclei template: Adobe Experience Manager ≤ 6.5.23.0 – SSRF
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Adobe Adobe Experience Manager	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations using Adobe Experience Manager should: 1) Monitor Adobe’s official security advisories closely for patches or updates addressing CVE-2025-54249 and apply them promptly once available. 2) Implement strict network segmentation and firewall rules to limit the server’s ability to make outbound requests to only trusted internal and external endpoints, reducing the SSRF attack surface. 3) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules designed to detect and block SSRF attack patterns targeting AEM. 4) Review and harden access controls to ensure that only necessary users have low-privileged access that could be leveraged in this attack. 5) Conduct internal audits and penetration tests focusing on SSRF vectors within AEM deployments to identify and remediate potential exploitation paths. 6) Log and monitor server-side request activity for unusual or unauthorized outbound requests that could indicate exploitation attempts. 7) Consider implementing application-layer request validation and allowlisting to restrict URLs or IPs that the server can access. These measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on network-level controls, monitoring, and access management specific to the nature of SSRF in AEM environments.

Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to manipulate server-side requests and bypass security controls allowing unauthorized read access.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of this SSRF vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager can be substantial. Many European enterprises, government agencies, and public sector organizations rely on AEM for managing websites, digital content, and customer interactions. Unauthorized read access could expose sensitive personal data protected under GDPR, intellectual property, or internal business information. This exposure could lead to regulatory penalties, reputational damage, and loss of customer trust. Additionally, SSRF can be a stepping stone for attackers to access internal network services that are not directly exposed to the internet, potentially enabling further attacks such as lateral movement or reconnaissance. Given the medium severity and the requirement for only low privileges, attackers who gain limited access (e.g., through compromised user accounts or insider threats) could exploit this vulnerability to bypass security controls. The lack of known exploits in the wild currently reduces immediate risk but does not eliminate the threat, especially as attackers often develop exploits rapidly after disclosure.

CWE-918Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessCWE Top 25 (2025): #22OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Server Side Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards (opens in a new tab)
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.6.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.2.6 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Server Side Request Forgery (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-90.html (opens in a new tab)

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Affected software

Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 9 Sep 2025, 16:51 UTC

Public exploits and detectiona Nuclei detection template

WeaknessesCWE-918

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