Adobe Experience Manager 6.0.0.0 < 6.5.19.1 Arbitrary code execution (APSB23-77)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 187667

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Synopsis

The Adobe Experience Manager instance installed on the remote host is affected by an arbitrary code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe Experience Manager installed on the remote host is prior to 6.5.19.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the APSB23-77 advisory.

- An attacker can manipulate file upload params to enable paths traversal and under some circumstances this can lead to uploading a malicious file which can be used to perform Remote Code Execution. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions Struts 2.5.33 or Struts 6.3.0.2 or greater to fix this issue.
(CVE-2023-50164)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.19.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 187667

File Name: adobe_experience_manager_apsb23-77.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 1/7/2024

Updated: 2/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:experience_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe Experience Manager

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2023

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50164

Detections

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