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CVE-2023-48559:
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 (CVE-2023-48559). The vulnerability was disclosed on December 15, 2023, and affects Adobe Experience Manager's form field functionality (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CWE-79). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction to exploit (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. When victims browse to the page containing the vulnerable field, the malicious JavaScript may be executed in their browser context (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to a version newer than Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.18 (Adobe Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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