CVE-2022-30683 AEM Violation of Secure Design Principles Security feature bypass
An attacker with low-privilege access can bypass encryption mechanisms to decrypt secrets in Adobe Experience Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-30683?
CVE-2022-30683 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 16 Sep 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.13.0 (and earlier) is affected by a Violation of Secure Design Principles vulnerability that could lead to bypass the security feature of the encryption mechanism in the backend . An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to decrypt secrets, however, this is a high-complexity attack as the threat actor needs to already possess those secrets. Exploitation of this issue requires low-privilege access to AEM.
Weakness: CWE-657
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30683?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2022-30683?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-30683 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30683 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-6655-7w5j-5h7j.