CVE-2021-43762 (GCVE-0-2021-43762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-13 20:27 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:27
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Title
Adobe Experience Manager Unicode normalization leads to dispatcher bypass
Summary
AEM's Cloud Service offering, as well as version 6.5.10.0 (and below) are affected by a dispatcher bypass vulnerability that could be abused to evade security controls. Sensitive areas of the web application may be exposed through exploitation of the vulnerability.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
Assigner
adobe CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 818 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Adobe Experience Manager Affected: unspecified , ≤ 6.5.10.0 (custom)
Affected: unspecified , ≤ None (custom)
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Date Public
2021-12-14 00:00
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