High severity · published Jun 28, 2021
CVE-2021-21083
AEM's Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.7.0 (and below), 6.4.8.3 (and below) and 6.3.3.8 (and below) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability
7.5
CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
AEM's Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.7.0 (and below), 6.4.8.3 (and below) and 6.3.3.8 (and below) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service in the context of the current user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Experience Manager · Adobe
through 6.3.3.8; 6.4.0.0 before 6.4.8.4; 6.5.0.0 before 6.5.8.0 · source: NVD
EM
Experience Manager Cloud Service · Adobe
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21083
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21083
Vendor Advisory
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb21-15.html
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