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CVE-2025-54253

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Adobe Experience Manager | Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)

CVE-2025-542534 of 4 sources documented this
83

rank 83 = 40 + 25 + 8 + 2 + 8

rank@v1 · act now

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.87989 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 43

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 10.0, from the CNA  ·  without this subject the record ranks 58

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-10-16  ·  without this subject the record ranks 75

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

1 product in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 81

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 75

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$4.39Mover the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$742,000on 2026-01-21, the last material move, 7 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$4.39M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.87989 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.87989EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity10 CRITICALreceipt
Harmtotal loss · unauthenticatedreceipt
Exploitationin the wild · KEVreceipt
Defenseno fix version held
Movementrisenreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2026-06-15, 91 days at 0.88, as of 2026-09-14. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

AtlassianIvanti MobileIronQNAP NAS devicesApache OFBizcactiFortinet FortiOS,54253

This record is one instance of CWE-863, incorrect authorization. The index holds 4014 prior instances of this class, 20 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signalspoke length is how much of the record matches, not how bad it is

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability loss, with impact beyond the vulnerable componentreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-863 Incorrect Authorizationreceipt
Published consequencesCWE-863: Confidentiality: Read Application Data, Read Files or Directories; Integrity: Modify Application Data, Modify Files or Directories…[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useUnknown to CISAreceipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 14 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2025-11-05receipt
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.receipt
Published to CISA KEV71 daysderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2025-10-15.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 3 public repositories2025-08-06receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2025-10-15receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA10 CRITICALreceipt
Exploit probability0.87989 · top 0.24% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth1 product across 1 vendorderived
Assigned byadobereceipt
Recorded changes55 · last 17 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productAdobe Experience Managerreceipt
Published rangesadobe experience manager forms <= 6.5.23.0receipt

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Attack path

Unauthenticated network requestno credentials, no interactionCISA KEV listingadded 10-15 · due 11-05Adobe Experience ManagerCWE-863 incorrect authorizationAdjacent componentsscope changeFull compromise (C/I/A)C:H / I:H / A:Hmandates remediationexploits CWE-863scope changedata compromise

What it is stated by the CNA

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a Misconfiguration vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms and execute code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

weakness
CWE-863
affected versions
adobe experience manager forms <= 6.5.23.0
also scored by
[email protected] 10 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

check it yourself helpx.adobe.com receipt

Dated events

2025-10-15Added to CISA KEV2025-10-16EPSS moved 0.01 to 0.572025-11-05CISA remediation due2026-06-15EPSS moved 0.24 to 0.90

Movement the material steps

6 Aug 20250.01035
16 Oct 20250.57288 · crossed 0.10 and 0.50
24 Oct 20250.37686 · crossed 0.50
18 Nov 20250.55805 · crossed 0.50
21 Nov 20250.39843 · crossed 0.50
1 Jan 20260.66206 · crossed 0.50
3 Jan 20260.55684
21 Jan 20260.40823 · crossed 0.50
3 Mar 20260.28697
22 Mar 20260.12781
6 Apr 20260.30258
7 Apr 20260.15509
15 Jun 20260.89824 · crossed 0.50 · scoring model v2026.06.15
14 Sep 20260.87989
Show all 41 observations
6 Aug 20250.01035
11 Aug 20250.01357
14 Aug 20250.01124
16 Aug 20250.00644
6 Sep 20250.00701
16 Sep 20250.0095
12 Oct 20250.00992
16 Oct 20250.57288
17 Oct 20250.54145
22 Oct 20250.53883
23 Oct 20250.50682
24 Oct 20250.37686
28 Oct 20250.28174
10 Nov 20250.31098
18 Nov 20250.55805
21 Nov 20250.39843
26 Nov 20250.43112
5 Dec 20250.41548
11 Dec 20250.4483
15 Dec 20250.48742
18 Dec 20250.44824
22 Dec 20250.48106
1 Jan 20260.66206
2 Jan 20260.58737
3 Jan 20260.55684
8 Jan 20260.58737
19 Jan 20260.55684
21 Jan 20260.40823
23 Jan 20260.441
2 Mar 20260.33626
3 Mar 20260.28697
14 Mar 20260.25894
22 Mar 20260.12781
31 Mar 20260.15509
6 Apr 20260.30258
7 Apr 20260.15509
21 Apr 20260.1971
1 Jun 20260.24192
15 Jun 20260.89824
6 Jul 20260.87515
14 Sep 20260.87989

41 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.87989Published2025-08-05Public PoC2025-08-06CISA KEV2025-10-15Index as of2026-09-14

Listed by CISA 71 days after it published and the record had been public for 1 year, 1 month when this index was last written.

Published 2025-08-05 receipt · Public PoC 2025-08-06 receipt · CISA KEV 2025-10-15 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-14 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-863, incorrect authorization. The index holds 4014 prior instances of this class, 20 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2023-22518 · Atlassian Confluence Data Centermatches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-38035 · Ivanti MobileIron Sentrymatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2019-7192 · QNAP NAS devices running Photo Stationmatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2019receipt
CVE-2024-38856 · Apache OFBizmatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2022-46169 · cactimatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2022receipt
CVE-2018-13382 · Fortinet FortiOS, FortiProxymatches 6 of 9KEV listed · 2019receipt

"Matches n of m" counts the attributes the two records can both be compared on: the CVSS metrics they share a version of, any weakness class beyond this one, and the vendor. fit-rules@v1

4014 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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Its defect family

adobe experience manager

Of the 3 records in this family that state one, this holds the highest EPSS percentile: 0.99746.

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