CVE-2024-36221
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.20 and earlier contain a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2024-36221 and was disclosed on May 21, 2024 (CVE Mitre).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CWE-79) with a CVSS score of 5.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A). The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields within the Adobe Experience Manager system (Adobe Security).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution in the victim's browser when they navigate to pages containing the compromised form fields. The malicious JavaScript executes in the context of the user's browser session (Adobe Security).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an attacker to have some level of privileges to inject the malicious script into the form fields, and user interaction is required for the exploit to be successful, as indicated by the CVSS metrics (Adobe Security).

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