Stored script execution through vulnerable form fields
Published Dec 20, 2023 · Updated May 6, 2025
Stored XSS in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.18 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in a victim's browser. A low-privileged account can store JavaScript in vulnerable form fields, which AEM later renders without preventing script execution. Exploitation requires valid low-privileged access and a victim to browse a page containing the affected field, exposing that victim's browser session to attacker-controlled script.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Adobe Experience Manager 6.5.18 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in a victim's browser. A low-privileged account can store JavaScript in vulnerable form fields, which AEM later renders without preventing script execution. Exploitation requires valid low-privileged access and a victim to browse a page containing the affected field, exposing that victim's browser session to attacker-controlled script.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-51458
- Published
- Dec 20, 2023
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Adobe
- Product
- Adobe Experience Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 20, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=6.5.18
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