CVE-2025-46840

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized access. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction. A successful attacker can abuse this to achieve session takeover, increasing the confidentiality and integrity impact as high.

CVSS v3 8.7 HIGH

8.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-48.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

13 Jun 2025, 13:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-06-10 23:15

Updated : 2025-06-13 13:04

NVD link : CVE-2025-46840

Mitre link : CVE-2025-46840

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-46840

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adobe

experience_manager

CWE

CWE-285

Improper Authorization

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