CVE-2021-28626: Adobe Experience Manager Improper Authorization at /content/usergenerated

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

Affected products

Adobe Experience Manager: through 6.5.8.0

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb21-39.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb21-39.html

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