CVE-2024-26111
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-26111 is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.20 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 13, 2024. The affected systems include Adobe Experience Manager versions up to 6.5.20 and AEM Cloud Service versions up to 2024.5 (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). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C), with low impact on confidentiality (C:L) and integrity (I:L), and no impact on availability (A:N) (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, an attacker could execute malicious JavaScript content within the context of the victim's browser when they visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to user data, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an attacker to convince a victim to visit a specially crafted URL that references a vulnerable page. The attack requires low privileges and user interaction to be successful (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. For AEM version 6.5, users should upgrade to version 6.5.21 or later. For AEM Cloud Service, users should upgrade to version 2024.5 or later (NVD).

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