CVE-2020-9732 Stored XSS in AEM Sites Components
Stored XSS in Adobe Experience Manager allows authors to inject scripts that execute in victims' browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-9732?
CVE-2020-9732 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 10 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The AEM Forms add-on for versions 6.5.5.0 (and below) and 6.4.8.2 (and below) are affected by a stored XSS vulnerability that allows users with 'Author' privileges to store malicious scripts in fields associated with the Sites component. These scripts may be executed in a victim’s browser when they open the page containing the vulnerable field.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9732?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Experience Manager Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9732?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9732 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2020-9732 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9732 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager
- 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-xmq3-w762-fqmr.