CVE-2020-9733 Sensitive information disclosure possible in AEM
An attacker can exploit a servlet to gain read-only access to sensitive data in the repository due to excessive service user privileges.
- 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-2020-9733?
CVE-2020-9733 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 10 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An AEM java servlet in AEM versions 6.5.5.0 (and below) and 6.4.8.1 (and below) executes with the permissions of a high privileged service user. If exploited, this could lead to read-only access to sensitive data in an AEM repository.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9733?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Experience Manager Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9733?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-9733 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9733 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-wrr9-hwhq-cmwg.