Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Mar 7, 2022
Security updates available for Adobe Experience Manager | APSB21-103
|
|
Date Published |
Priority |
|---|---|---|
|
APSB21-103 |
December 14, 2021 |
2 |
Summary
Affected product versions
| Product | Version | Platform |
|---|---|---|
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) |
AEM Cloud Service (CS) |
All |
| 6.5.10.0 and earlier versions |
All |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
Product |
Version |
Platform |
Priority |
Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) |
AEM Cloud Service (CS) |
All | 2 | Release Notes |
6.5.11.0 |
All |
2 |
AEM 6.5 Service Pack Release Notes |
Note:
Customers running on Adobe Experience Manager’s Cloud Service will automatically receive updates that include new features as well as security and functionality bug fixes.
Note:
Please contact Adobe customer care for assistance with AEM versions 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2.
Vulnerability details
|
Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Number |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.0 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-43761 |
|
Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') (CWE-611) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
9.8 |
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-40722 |
|
Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
Security feature bypass |
Important |
6.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
CVE-2021-43762 |
|
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.0 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2021-43764 |
|
Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.1 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
|
|
Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.1 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
CVE-2021-44176 |
|
Cross-site Scripting (Stored XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.1 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
CVE-2021-44177 |
|
Cross-site Scripting (Reflected XSS) (CWE-79) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Important |
5.4 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
CVE-2021-44178 |
Updates to dependencies
| Dependency |
Vulnerability Impact |
Affected Versions |
| xmlgraphics |
Priviledge escalation | AEM CS AEM 6.5.9.0 and earlier |
| ionetty |
Priviledge escalation |
AEM CS AEM 6.5.9.0 and earlier |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
BASF - CVE-2021-44178, CVE-2021-44177, CVE-2021-44176, CVE-2021-43765, CVE-2021-43764
- Lorenzo Pirondini (Netcentric, a Cognizant Digital Business) - CVE-2021-43762
- Muh. Azinar Ismail and Adi Satriadharma - CVE-2021-40722
Revisions
December 14th, 2021: Updated acknowledgment for CVE-2021-43762
December 16, 2021: Corrected priority level of bulletin to 2
December 29, 2021: Updated acknowledgement for CVE-2021-40722
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.