CVE-2023-48588
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-48588 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 15, 2023, and is identified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. When a victim browses to the page containing the vulnerable field, the malicious JavaScript may be executed in their browser. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code in victims' browsers when they visit pages containing compromised form fields. This could potentially result in data theft, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Adobe Experience Manager installations to versions newer than 6.5.18 (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources


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