CVE-2024-52817
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-52817 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.21 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in December 2024, with Adobe releasing details through their security bulletin (Adobe Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields, which could then be executed in a victim's browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that it requires network access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and user interaction (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to execute malicious JavaScript in victims' browsers when they visit affected pages. This could potentially lead to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Adobe has addressed this vulnerability in versions after 6.5.21. Organizations using affected versions of Adobe Experience Manager should upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this security risk (Adobe Advisory).

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