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CVE-2025-54254· NVD / CVE Program· CNA adobe

Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)

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.

HighCVSS 8.6 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 5, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
77.5% · 100th percentile
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Action score

57

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
23 / 30 · 77.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.6
CNA · adobe
8.6
agree

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
adobeexperience manager forms

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • adobe experience manager formsup to 6.5.23.0 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (adobe). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Adobe Adobe Experience Manager

    • up to and including 6.5.23affected · semver

Same product

adobe: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-54253Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)KEV
    96Now
  • CVE-2017-3067Adobe Experience Manager Forms versions 6.2, 6.1, 6.0 have an information disclosure vulnerability resulting from abuse of the pre-populatio
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2016-6934Adobe Experience Manager Forms versions 6.2 and earlier, LiveCycle 11.0.1, LiveCycle 10.0.4 have an input validation issue in the PMAdmin mo
    25Monitor
  • CVE-2019-8089Adobe Experience Manager Forms versions 6.3-6.5 have a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2019-7129Adobe Experience Manager Forms versions 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4 have a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability.
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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