High severity · published Aug 24, 2021
CVE-2021-28626
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes…
7.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Experience Manager · Adobe
through 6.5.8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28626
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28626
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb21-39.html
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