8.6

CVE-2025-54254: adobe adobe experience manager

CVSS: 8.6v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 05-08-2025Last modified 22-08-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-54254 is a high (CVSS 8.6) vulnerability in adobe adobe experience manager. EPSS estimates a 77.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
50/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
77.46%
0%100%
Critical · +0.27 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-08-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files on the local file system, scope is changed. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

77.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.27 pp

From 77.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
77.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Adobe2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

1 links