CVE-2025-54248: 
Adobe Experience Manager vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by an Improper Input Validation vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-54248. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 09, 2025, and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.7 (High). This security flaw affects both on-premises installations and cloud service versions of Adobe Experience Manager (NVD, AttackerKB).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation) and features a CVSS vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs low-level privileges, requires no user interaction, has changed scope, and can result in high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability (NVD).

The vulnerability could result in a security feature bypass, allowing a low-privileged attacker to circumvent security measures and gain unauthorized read access to protected resources. The impact is primarily focused on confidentiality, with no direct effect on system integrity or availability (NVD).

Adobe has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Adobe Experience Manager installations to versions newer than 6.5.23.0. This applies to both on-premises deployments and AEM cloud service instances (Adobe Systems).