What is CVE-2023-48495?

CVE-2023-48495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-12-15.

How severe is CVE-2023-48495?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Adobe Experience Manager

CVE-2023-48495

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.18 and earlier are affected by a Cross-site Scripting (DOM-based XSS) vulnerability. If a low-privileged attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-12-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb23-72.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48495?: CVE-2023-48495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-12-15.
How severe is CVE-2023-48495?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.