CVE-2021-40712 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.9.0 (and earlier) is affected by a improper input validation vulnerability via the path parameter. An authenticated attacker can send a malformed POST request to achieve server-side denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00392.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe Subscribe	Experience Manager Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:adobe:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27878	Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.9.0 (and earlier) is affected by a improper input validation vulnerability via the path parameter. An authenticated attacker can send a malformed POST request to achieve server-side denial of service.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb21-82.html

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: adobe

Published: 2021-09-27T15:44:26.043Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:26:53.223Z

Reserved: 2021-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40712

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:06.601Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-27T16:15:10.640

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:36.920

Link: CVE-2021-40712

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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