What it is
CVE-2025-54254 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Adobe Adobe Experience Manager. Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by an Improper Restriction of XML External Entity...
Vulnerability report
Exploited in the wild
High confidence
Not in CISA KEV
CVE-2025-54254
Adobe Experience Manager XXE
Adobe / Adobe Experience Manager · 0 to <= 6.5.23
- Severity
- CVSS 8.6 · High
- Confidence
- High
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild
- EPSS
- 77.1%
- First observed
- —
- Last observed
- —
Decision summary
What security teams need to know first
Direct answers before the deeper technical record.
Is it exploited?
Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high.
Who is affected?
Adobe / Adobe Experience Manager 0 to <= 6.5.23.
What should we do?
Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
Overview
Adobe Experience Manager XXE
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.
Vendor
Product
Affected
Status
Adobe
Adobe Experience Manager
Through 6.5.23
Affected
- Published
- 05 Aug 2025
- Exploitation Reported
- 05 Aug 2025
- Attack vector
- Remote
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
CVE References
- CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54254
- Vendor Advisory — helpx.adobe.com helpx.adobe.com · Vendor Advisory https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/aem-forms/apsb25-82.html
Exploitation evidence
Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited
Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.
Exploited in the wild
The Shadowserver
Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Per-source evidence links for KEV attestations are available through the KEV Intelligence Pro API.
Learn about Pro API access| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| The Shadowserver First | 2025-08-05 16:53 UTC |
Detection
Operational artifacts and observed signals
Make the evidence actionable in scanner, SOC, and edge-control workflows.
Observed signals
- Request targets
- 0
- User-Agents
- 0
Raw values available in Pro and Enterprise.
Scanner coverage
No scanner integrations recorded yet.
Virtual patch status
No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.
Learn about virtual patches →No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.
Check back as sensor telemetry and scanner integrations are updated.
Risk and context
Severity, weaknesses, and research context
CVSS v3.1
8.6
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
77.1%
Timeline
From disclosure to observed exploitation
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CVE published
Vulnerability disclosed publicly
-
Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed
High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation
-
CVE ID reserved
Identifier reserved by the CNA
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- Evidence confidence and provenance
- First-party sensor telemetry
- PoC and scanner references
- Affected versions and enrichment
- Automation-ready JSON delivery
GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2025-54254
Free JSON includes basic KEV fields{
"cve_id": "CVE-2025-54254",
"confidence": "High",
"cvss_score": 8.6,
"cvss_estimated": false,
"epss_score": 0.77133,
"exploit_status": {
"exploited_in_the_wild": true,
"active_exploitation_observed": false
},
"sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}Early warning alerts
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