CVE-2025-64544VulnerabilityPublished 10 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-64544: Adobe Experience Manager · Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS)

Affects Adobe Experience ManagerSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.4Medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 16% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
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: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
Confidentiality: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on 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 10 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
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 2026-10-26.

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

1. Apply official Adobe patches or updates as soon as they become available to address CVE-2025-64544. 2. Implement strict Content Security Policies (CSP) to restrict the execution of untrusted scripts and reduce the impact of XSS attacks. 3. Sanitize and validate all user inputs and URL parameters rigorously within AEM components to prevent injection of malicious scripts. 4. Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules tailored to detect and block XSS payloads targeting AEM. 5. Educate users and administrators about the risks of interacting with suspicious links or web content, emphasizing caution with unsolicited URLs. 6. Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focused on web application vulnerabilities, including DOM-based XSS. 7. Monitor logs and network traffic for unusual activities that could indicate exploitation attempts. 8. Consider isolating or segmenting AEM instances to limit the scope of potential compromise. These measures, combined, will reduce the likelihood and impact of exploitation beyond generic advice.

Description

CVE-2025-64544 is a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.23 and earlier. A low privileged attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into interacting with a crafted URL or manipulated web page, causing malicious scripts to execute in the victim's browser context. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality and integrity but does not affect availability. Exploitation requires user interaction and low privileges, with a CVSS score of 5.4 (medium severity). No known exploits are currently in the wild. European organizations using affected AEM versions are at risk, especially those with public-facing web content managed via AEM. Mitigation involves applying patches once available, implementing strict Content Security Policies (CSP), sanitizing user inputs, and educating users to avoid suspicious links.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2025-64544 can be significant, particularly for those using Adobe Experience Manager to manage public-facing websites or intranet portals. Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive user information, session hijacking, and potential further compromise of user accounts or internal systems. This can damage organizational reputation, lead to regulatory non-compliance (e.g., GDPR breaches due to data leakage), and result in financial losses. Since exploitation requires user interaction, phishing or social engineering campaigns could be used to increase attack success rates. The medium severity indicates that while the vulnerability is not critical, it still poses a tangible risk, especially in environments with high-value targets or sensitive data. The lack of known exploits currently provides a window for proactive mitigation. However, the widespread deployment of AEM in Europe, especially in sectors like government, finance, and media, increases the potential attack surface and impact.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-115.html (opens in a new tab)

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 17 Dec 2025, 20:58 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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