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How CVE-2025-46988 Works
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) 6.5.22 and earlier fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in form fields, allowing attackers with low privileges to inject malicious JavaScript payloads. When a victim accesses a compromised page, the script executes in their browser, enabling session hijacking, phishing, or malware delivery. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient input validation in the WCM (Web Content Management) component, where crafted HTML/script tags bypass sanitization filters. Attackers exploit this by submitting malicious content through editable form fields, which persists in the database and renders unsafely upon page load.
DailyCVE Form
Platform: Adobe Experience Manager
Version: ≤ 6.5.22
Vulnerability: Stored XSS
Severity: Critical
Date: 06/13/2025
Prediction: Patch expected by 07/15/2025
What Undercode Say:
Exploitation Analysis
1. Payload Injection:
<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>
Submitted via form fields (e.g., text inputs, rich text editors).
2. Persistence:
Malicious scripts stored in AEM’s JCR repository.
3. Execution:
Triggers when victims load the compromised page.
Protection Commands
1. Input Sanitization:
// AEM Filter Example String sanitized = org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4(userInput);
2. CSP Header:
Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; script-src 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'
3. Patch Verification:
aemcli --version-check --security
4. Exploit Detection:
SELECT FROM jcr:content WHERE CONTAINS(, '<script>');
5. Mitigation Workaround:
Disable rich text editor for untrusted users:
<cq:richText disableScripting="true"/>
CVSS 4.0 Metrics
- Attack Vector: Network
- Complexity: Low
- Privileges Required: Low
- User Interaction: Required
- Impact: High (Confidentiality/Integrity)
References
Sources:
Reported By: nvd.nist.gov
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