Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-54253 · Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms · Published 2025-08-05
How bad would it be?
10.0 out of 10
CVSS rates it critical: about as damaging as flaws get.
How likely is it to be used?
89%
Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, among the top 1% of all scored flaws (EPSS, 2026-10-29).
Is it already being used?
Yes
CISA has seen it exploited in real attacks. For US government agencies the fix is deadline passed 359 days ago (2025-11-05).
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Adobe Experience Manager Forms in JEE contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a Misconfiguration vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms and execute code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.
Understand the kind of weakness behind this flaw. These resources teach the weakness, rather than reproduce this specific CVE. Follow the vendor's advice above to fix the affected product.
Authorization weaknesses
The application fails to check whether this user may access a resource or perform an action.
CWE is a catalogue of weakness types. Labels come from the sources shown and can differ or change. Resource matches reviewed 16 October 2026.
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Exploited flaws from CISA's KEV catalogue. Chance of exploitation from EPSS by FIRST. Descriptions and scores from the NVD. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.