CVE-2023-48623
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier are affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2023-48623. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 15, 2023. This security issue affects Adobe Experience Manager's web interface and its cloud service configurations (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The weakness is categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows a low-privileged attacker to execute malicious JavaScript content within the context of the victim's browser when they visit a specially crafted URL referencing a vulnerable page (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires a low-privileged attacker to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page. The attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requires low privileges (PR:L) along with user interaction (UI:R) (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 beyond version 6.5.18 (Adobe Security).

Additional resources


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