CVE-2021-28626 Adobe Experience Manager Improper Authorization at /content/usergenerated
An unauthenticated attacker can create nodes in Adobe Experience Manager, leading to application denial-of-service without user interaction.
- 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-2021-28626?
CVE-2021-28626 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 24 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-28626?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-28626?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-28626 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2021-28626 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-28626 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-7c6q-7j7v-99c4.