VulnerabilityPublished 10 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-64597: Adobe Experience Manager · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Adobe Experience ManagerSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 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 26 Oct 2026.

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 or the CVSS exploit maturity 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

European organizations should immediately review their Adobe Experience Manager deployments and verify the version in use. Since no official patches are currently linked, organizations should implement the following mitigations: 1) Apply strict input validation and sanitization on all form fields to prevent malicious script injection. 2) Employ Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts in browsers. 3) Limit privileges of users who can submit data to AEM forms to reduce the attack surface. 4) Monitor web application logs for suspicious input patterns or anomalous user behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. 5) Educate users about the risks of clicking on untrusted links or interacting with suspicious content. 6) Prepare to apply official Adobe patches or updates as soon as they become available. 7) Consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules targeting XSS payloads specific to AEM. These targeted mitigations go beyond generic advice by focusing on the specific attack vector and environment.

Description

CVE-2025-64597 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.23 and earlier. This vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form fields, which executes in the browsers of users who visit the affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and some privileges but can lead to confidentiality and integrity impacts by stealing session tokens or manipulating page content. The CVSS score is 5.4 (medium severity), reflecting the moderate risk due to the need for privileges and user interaction. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild. European organizations using AEM for content management and digital experience delivery should prioritize patching and implement input validation and content security policies to mitigate risk. Countries with high adoption of Adobe Experience Manager, such as Germany, France, and the UK, are most likely to be affected.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a risk to the confidentiality and integrity of web applications managed via Adobe Experience Manager. Attackers exploiting this flaw could steal session cookies, enabling account takeover, or manipulate displayed content to conduct phishing or fraud. This could lead to data breaches, reputational damage, and regulatory compliance issues under GDPR if personal data is compromised. The impact is particularly critical for organizations with customer-facing portals, intranets, or internal applications hosted on AEM. Since the vulnerability requires some privileges and user interaction, the risk is mitigated somewhat but remains significant in environments with many users or where attackers can gain low-level access. The scope change in the CVSS vector suggests that the vulnerability could affect resources beyond the initially vulnerable component, increasing potential damage. Given the widespread use of AEM in sectors such as finance, government, and retail across Europe, the threat could disrupt critical services or expose sensitive information.

Summary

CVE-2025-64597 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.23 and earlier. Stored XSS occurs when malicious input is saved by the application and later rendered in users' browsers without proper sanitization. In this case, a low-privileged attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code into vulnerable form fields within AEM. When legitimate users access pages containing the injected script, the malicious code executes in their browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking, credential theft, or unauthorized actions performed on behalf of the user. The vulnerability requires the attacker to have some level of access to submit data (privileged user) and relies on user interaction to trigger the script execution. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, user interaction needed, and a scope change that affects confidentiality and integrity but not availability. No patches or exploits are currently publicly available, but the vulnerability is published and should be addressed promptly. Adobe Experience Manager is widely used by enterprises for managing digital content and customer experiences, making this vulnerability significant for organizations relying on AEM for web presence and customer engagement.

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, 21:00 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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