CVE-2025-46856 (GCVE-0-2025-46856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-20 16:58 – Updated: 2025-08-20 17:17
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Summary
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier are affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A low privileged attacker could exploit this issue by manipulating the DOM environment to execute malicious JavaScript within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a specially crafted web page.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) (CWE-79)
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Vendor Product Version
Adobe Adobe Experience Manager Affected: 0 , ≤ 6.5.22 (semver)
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