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CVE-2023-51458: 
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 was discovered and disclosed on December 20, 2023. The vulnerability affects Adobe Experience Manager's form field functionality and has been assigned identifier CVE-2023-51458 (NVD, Adobe Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CWE-79) that allows malicious scripts to be injected into vulnerable form fields. The vulnerability 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 (Adobe Advisory).

Impact

If successfully exploited, the vulnerability allows malicious JavaScript to be executed in a victim's browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. The impact is limited to low confidentiality and integrity breaches, with no impact on availability (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in Experience Manager version 6.5.19 and later. Users are advised to update to the latest version to mitigate this security issue (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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