CVE-2024-34120
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-34120 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.20 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 13, 2024, and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium severity) (NVD, Adobe Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue (CWE-79) that allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, required low privileges, and user interaction (NVD).

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 (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires low privileges to exploit and user interaction, as victims need to browse to a page containing the injected malicious content. The attack vector is network-accessible, making it possible to exploit remotely (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in versions after 6.5.20. Users are advised to update their Adobe Experience Manager installations to the latest version to mitigate this security risk (Adobe Advisory).

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