CVE-2017-3108 File upload in Experience Manager
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3108 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-3108 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 11 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3108 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Adobe Experience Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3108/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3108/index.md)
Attackers can upload malicious files to Adobe Experience Manager to execute arbitrary code on the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-3108?
CVE-2017-3108 is a critical vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 11 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Experience Manager 6.2 and earlier has a malicious file execution vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3108?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2017-3108?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3108 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-3108 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3108 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-90532 Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
- CVE-2026-105895 Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)
- CVE-2026-19232 Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
- CVE-2025-49533 Adobe Experience Manager (MS) | Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
- CVE-2021-40722 AEM Forms Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3gc6-hwh7-9g5f.