Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution Vulnerability

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• cpe adobe/experience manager formsversion unspecified
• stated Experience Manager (AEM) Forms<= 6.5.23
• vendor Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Formsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-54253

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Nov 5, 2025.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Aug 5, 2025 · Catalog

   Detected

   Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a Misconfiguration vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms and execute code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

2. Oct 15, 2025 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

3. Nov 5, 2025 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a Misconfiguration vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms and execute code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-54253

  Adobe Experience Manager Forms in JEE contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54253

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54253

  30-day exploitation probability 88.3%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54253

  Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a Misconfiguration vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms and execute code. Exploitation of this issue does not r

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-54253

  Adobe Experience Manager Forms in JEE contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.

  vulncheck.com

References

• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
• CISA note · helpx.adobe.com
• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• Exploit · slcyber.io
• Third Party Advisory · cisa.gov

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.