CVE-2023-51459
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier, disclosed on December 20, 2023. This vulnerability affects both the standard installation and AEM Cloud Service versions prior to 2023.11.0 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium severity) 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 network accessibility, low attack complexity, requires low privileges and user interaction, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality and integrity, but no impact on availability (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows malicious JavaScript content to be executed 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 that references a vulnerable page. The attack complexity is considered low, but user interaction is required for successful exploitation (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in versions after 6.5.18.0 for standard installations and in version 2023.11.0 and later for AEM Cloud Service (NVD).

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