CVE-2025-54246 | Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access.

Published: 2025-09-09 Last update: 2025-09-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-54246 is rated Low Risk (31.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-54246

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2026-02-05 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2025-10-11 0.05%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-54246

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-54246

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-54246

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe experience_manager <= 6.5.23.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
adobe experience_manager <= 2025.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:aem_cloud_service:*:*:*
adobe experience_manager 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:-:*:*:lts:*:*:*
adobe experience_manager 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp1:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-54246

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