Wiz
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-48514

CVE-2023-48514: 
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier are 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 (Adobe Advisory, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L), and user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C), with low confidentiality (C:L) and integrity (I:L) impacts, and no availability impact (A:N) (Adobe Advisory).

Impact

When exploited, malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim's browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. This could potentially lead to unauthorized data access or manipulation within the context of the affected user's session (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Adobe Experience Manager (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

Related Adobe Experience Manager vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2025-64888MEDIUM5.4
  • Adobe Experience ManagerAdobe Experience Manager
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager
NoYesDec 10, 2025
CVE-2025-64887MEDIUM5.4
  • Adobe Experience ManagerAdobe Experience Manager
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager
NoYesDec 10, 2025
CVE-2025-64881MEDIUM5.4
  • Adobe Experience ManagerAdobe Experience Manager
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager
NoYesDec 10, 2025
CVE-2025-64875MEDIUM5.4
  • Adobe Experience ManagerAdobe Experience Manager
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager
NoYesDec 10, 2025
CVE-2025-64873MEDIUM5.4
  • Adobe Experience ManagerAdobe Experience Manager
  • cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager
NoYesDec 10, 2025

Free Vulnerability Assessment

Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture

Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.

Request assessment

Additional Wiz resources

Cloud Vulnerability DB

Cloud Vulnerability DB

A community-led vulnerabilities database

Cloud Threat Landscape

Cloud Threat Landscape

A threat intelligence database

PEACH

PEACH

A tenant isolation framework

Get a personalized demo

Ready to see Wiz in action?

"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management
Get a demo