CVE-2021-28626 (GCVE-0-2021-28626)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-24 17:54 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:35
VLAI
Title
Adobe Experience Manager Improper Authorization at /content/usergenerated
Summary
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization (CWE-285)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experie… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Experience Manager |
Affected:
unspecified , ≤ 6.5.8.0
(custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom) |
Date Public
2021-06-08 00:00
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