# CVE-2025-54251: Adobe Experience Manager | XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) (CWE-91)

> Low-privileged attackers can manipulate XML queries to bypass security features and gain unauthorized write access in Adobe Experience Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6cr4-774r-vpp6

## What is CVE-2025-54251?

CVE-2025-54251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 9 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by an XML Injection vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to manipulate XML queries and gain limited unauthorized write access.

Weakness: CWE-91 (XML Injection)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54251?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Experience Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54251?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-54251 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54251 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Adobe Experience Manager ≤ 6.5.23.0 - XML Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-54251.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager

- [CVE-2026-90532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-90532/): Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-105895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105895/): Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-19232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19232/): Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2025-49533](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49533/): Adobe Experience Manager (MS) | Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-40722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40722/): AEM Forms Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54251 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 9 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-54251 exists.

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-2025-54251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54251/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54251
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54251
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54251

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54251/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.