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CVE-2023-51461: 
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.18 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-51461. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 20, 2023, and affects multiple versions of the AEM platform (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). The vulnerability allows low-privileged attackers to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. The attack requires user interaction and has a low attack complexity (NVD CVE).

Impact

When exploited, the vulnerability allows malicious JavaScript to be executed in a victim's browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to user data, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks within the context of the affected AEM instance (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Experience Manager beyond version 6.5.18 to address this vulnerability. Adobe has released security updates to patch this issue (Adobe Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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