CVE-2023-22271

AEM Weak Cryptography for Passwords Security feature bypass

State
Published
Severity
5.3 Medium
Published
Mar 22, 2023
Updated
Mar 5, 2025
Reserved
Dec 19, 2022

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Description

Experience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Weak Cryptography for Passwords vulnerability that can lead to a security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker can exploit this in order to decrypt a user's password. The attack complexity is high since a successful exploitation requires to already have in possession this encrypted secret.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.15.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nadobe

Weaknesses

  • CWE-261 Weak Cryptography for Passwords (CWE-261)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Experience ManagerAdobe
  • 6.5.15.0 and earlierAffected
  • None and earlierAffected

References

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