CVE-2022-30683: AEM Violation of Secure Design Principles Security feature bypass

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-09-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-657

Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.13.0 (and earlier) is affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could lead to bypass the security feature of the encryption mechanism in the backend . An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to decrypt secrets, however, this is a high-complexity attack as the threat actor needs to already possess those secrets. Exploitation of this issue requires low-privilege access to AEM.

Affected products

Adobe Experience Manager: through 6.5.13.0

References

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb22-40.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb22-40.html

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