CVE-2026-48355: Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79) in Adobe Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim's browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. Scope is changed.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2026-48355 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service. It enables attackers with low privileges to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields, which executes in the context of users browsing the affected pages. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4, indicating medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, and user interaction. The scope is changed, meaning the vulnerability affects resources beyond the attacker’s privileges. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users who visit the vulnerable pages, potentially allowing theft of sensitive information or session hijacking. The impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity with no availability impact. The vulnerability requires user interaction and low privileges to exploit.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since this is a cloud service, verify with Adobe if the service is managed and patched server-side. Until an official fix is available, consider restricting access to vulnerable forms or applying input validation and output encoding as temporary mitigations if feasible.
CVE-2026-48355: Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79) in Adobe Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service
Description
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim's browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. Scope is changed.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-48355 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service. It enables attackers with low privileges to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields, which executes in the context of users browsing the affected pages. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4, indicating medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, and user interaction. The scope is changed, meaning the vulnerability affects resources beyond the attacker’s privileges. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could lead to execution of arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users who visit the vulnerable pages, potentially allowing theft of sensitive information or session hijacking. The impact is limited to confidentiality and integrity with no availability impact. The vulnerability requires user interaction and low privileges to exploit.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since this is a cloud service, verify with Adobe if the service is managed and patched server-side. Until an official fix is available, consider restricting access to vulnerable forms or applying input validation and output encoding as temporary mitigations if feasible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- adobe
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-21T15:28:38.140Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a568f2768715ace43148c7f
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 19:33:59 UTC
Last enriched: 07/14/2026, 19:50:29 UTC
Last updated: 07/15/2026, 02:12:32 UTC
Views: 10
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