CVE-2020-9740: Stored XSS in AEM Design Importer Component

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

AEM versions 6.5.5.0 (and below), 6.4.8.1 (and below), 6.3.3.8 (and below) and 6.2 SP1-CFP20 (and below) are affected by a stored XSS vulnerability that allows users with 'Author' privileges to store malicious scripts in fields associated with the Design Importer. These scripts may be executed in a victim’s browser when they open the page containing the vulnerable field.

Affected products

Adobe Experience Manager: from 6.3.0.0 through 6.3.3.8; from 6.4.0.0 through 6.4.8.1; from 6.5.0.0 through 6.5.5.0; 6.2.0.0-sp1, 6.2.0.0-sp1-cfp1, 6.2.0.0-sp1-cfp10, 6.2.0.0-sp1-cfp11, 6.2.0.0-sp1-cfp12.1, 6.2.0.0-sp1-cfp13 (+15)

References

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