CVE-2025-54253: Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor

Adobe

Product

Experience Manager (AEM) Forms

Added to the catalog

2025-10-15

Due date for US federal agencies

2025-11-05

Catalog version

2026.10.30

Adobe Experience Manager Forms in JEE contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.html
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54253

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2025-08-05T17:15:29.283

Last modified

2026-06-17T09:39:43.257

Weaknesses

CWE-863

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.

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.html (Vendor Advisory)
• https://slcyber.io/assetnote-security-research-center/struts-devmode-in-2025-critical-pre-auth-vulnerabilities-in-adobe-experience-manager-forms/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-54253 (Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Title (CNA)

Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

Assigner

adobe

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2025-08-05T16:53:40.742Z

Updated

2026-02-26T17:49:57.370Z

Problem types

Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

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.

References

• https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.html

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

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