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CVE-2020-9740

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9740 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) versions 6.5.5.0 and below, 6.4.8.1 and below, 6.3.3.8 and below, and 6.2 SP1-CFP20 and below. An authenticated attacker with 'Author' privileges can inject malicious scripts into fields related to the Design Importer, which are then executed in a victim's browser upon viewing the compromised page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.3.0.0, <= 6.3.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.4.0.0, <= 6.4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.5.0.0, <= 6.5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.2.0.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.2.0.0:sp1-cfp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

adobevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

helpx.adobe.com / security/products/experience-manager/apsb20-56.html
Vendor Advisory