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CVE-2023-48577: 
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-48577 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 15, 2023. This security issue affects the form fields functionality in Adobe Experience Manager (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that can be exploited by attackers with low privileges. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 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. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. When victims browse to the page containing the compromised field, the malicious JavaScript code is executed within their browser context. This can lead to unauthorized access to user-sensitive data and potential manipulation of the web interface (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in versions after 6.5.18. Users are advised to update their Adobe Experience Manager installations to the latest version to protect against this security issue (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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