CVE-2025-54254 Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611)
An attacker can exploit an XXE vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager to read arbitrary files from the local file system 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-2025-54254?
CVE-2025-54254 is a high-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, published on 5 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the local file system, scope is changed. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Weakness: CWE-611
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54254?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Experience Manager Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2025-54254?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-54254 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-54254 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54254 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager
- CVE-2025-54253 Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution
- CVE-2017-3067 Information disclosure in Adobe Experience Manager Forms 6.2, 6.1, 6.0
- CVE-2019-8089 Cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager Forms
- CVE-2019-7129 Cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager Forms
- CVE-2016-6934 Cross-site scripting in Adobe Experience Manager Forms 6.2 and earlier, LiveCycle 11.0.1, LiveCycle 10.0.4
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6hv6-fgh2-5mjv.