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CVE-2022-35697

Severity5.4 Medium CVSS 3.1
Fixed in2.20.8
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published10 Aug 2022
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

Adobe Experience Manager Core Components version 2.20.6 (and earlier) is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. If an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content may be executed within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires a low author privilege access.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 4 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 0.72% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory
Finding This CVE is MEDIUM severity, is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, has no public exploit or PoC in any indexed source, carries no CISA Vulnrichment finding of a demonstrated exploit, and is not part of an Oracle Critical Patch Update. None of the signals that would put it in front of an engineer is present, and the volume of CVEs below that bar is too great to take one at a time, so no rule is written for it. This is a decision about what we act on, not a finding that the CVE is harmless — a patch may well be derivable, and a low-severity defect can still be one link in a longer chain.
Candidate fix https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components/security/advisories/GHSA-qcgc-6q86-7x2p : the maintainers' own security advisory: names the version that fixes it, so the fix is the difference between two releases

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
com.adobe.cq:core.wcm.components.core 0 2.20.8 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd adobe web content management core components generic ≤ 2.20.6
osv com.adobe.cq core.wcm.components.core generic < 2.20.8

References

URLTags
https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components/security/advisories/GHSA-qcgc-6q86-7x2p advisory
https://github.com/adobe/aem-core-wcm-components PACKAGE

Timeline

Published2022-08-10By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.