CVE-2026-48252 | Adobe Experience Manager | Missing Authentication for Critical Function (CWE-306)

Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthorized write access. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction. Scope is changed.

Published: 2026-07-14 Last update: 2026-07-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-48252 is rated Moderate Risk (46.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-48252

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 2026-07-15 — 0.43% —

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-48252

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.6 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
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.
 3.9 4.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-48252

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-48252

GHSA-jjf4-ppfx-v66m · Severity: high — Adobe Experience Manager is affected by a Missing Authentication for Critical Function...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-48252

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe experience_manager <= 6.5.25.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
adobe experience_manager <= 2020.5.0 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:*:*:*
adobe experience_manager 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.5:sp2:*:*:lts:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-48252

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