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CVE-2025-54254

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 70.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 70.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the local file system, scope is changed. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CVSS 3.1
8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
70.11% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-611
Affected
adobe/experience manager forms
Source
psirt@adobe.com
EPSS trend
0%38%75%26 October 2026: 70.11%1 November 2026: 70.11%26 October 20261 November 2026

EPSS moved from 70.1% on 26 October 2026 to 70.1% on 1 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.