FKIE_CVE-2026-90531

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-13 20:19 - Updated: 2026-10-14 15:50
Severity
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Summary
Adobe Experience Manager is affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. A low-privileged attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated access to internal resources. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.
References
psirt@adobe.comhttps://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb26-152.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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