CVE-2024-43716
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-43716 is an Improper Access Control vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 10, 2024, and was last modified on January 15, 2025. This security issue could potentially result in a security feature bypass (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control). The attack vector is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, and low privileges, with no user interaction needed (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a low-privileged attacker to bypass security measures and have a low impact on confidentiality. The vulnerability does not affect integrity or availability of the system (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in versions after 6.5.21. Users are advised to update their Adobe Experience Manager installations to the latest version to mitigate this security risk (CIS Advisory).

Additional resources


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