CVE-2025-46840

Status: AnalyzedHigh (8.7)—

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

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base score: 8.7

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.45%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 37
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution90 %
Primary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Secondary impactT1078.002 Domain Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access80 %

CVSS AV:N con UI:R y explotación de autorización en AEM requiere interacción del usuario (T1203). La escalada de privilegios desde cuenta baja y takeover de sesión son el resultado del ataque.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software User Training User Account Management Threat Intelligence Program

Affected technologies (1)

Adobe — Experience Manager

CWEs

CWE-285

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-48.html

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