FKIE_CVE-2025-54254

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-05 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:39
Severity
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the local file system, scope is changed. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
adobe experience_manager_forms *
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