CVE-2024-36231
Published: 13 June 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-36231 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.20 and earlier are affected by a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-36231 and assigned CWE-79. The flaw permits an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript within the context of a victim's browser session and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, and required user interaction.
An authenticated attacker can exploit the issue by supplying a malicious payload that triggers when a victim interacts with a crafted link or form submission, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity while leaving availability unaffected. Exploitation therefore depends on social engineering to elicit the necessary user action.
Adobe has published advisory APSB24-28 at https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb24-28.html that addresses the vulnerability for supported Experience Manager releases. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1789 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-35984
Vulnerability details
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.20 and earlier Answer: are affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser session. Exploitation of this issue…
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typically requires user interaction, such as convincing a user to click on a specially crafted link or to submit a form that causes the execution of the malicious script.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.