title: AEM Weak Cryptography for Passwords Security feature bypass
description: Experience Manager versions 6.5.15.0 (and earlier) are affected by a Weak Cryptography for Passwords vulnerability that can lead to a security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker can exploit this in order to decrypt a user's password. The attack complexity is high since a successful exploitation requires to already have in possession this encrypted secret.
problem types: Weak Cryptography for Passwords (CWE-261)
affected:
{
vendor: Adobe
product: Experience Manager
versions:
version: unspecified, lessThanOrEqual: 6.5.15.0, status: affected, versionType: custom
version: unspecified, lessThanOrEqual: None, status: affected, versionType: custom
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
version: 3.1
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
attackVector: NETWORK
attackComplexity: HIGH
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: NONE
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
]