# CVE-2025-54253: Adobe Experience Manager Forms Code Execution Vulnerability

- Exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-10-15
- Published: 2025-08-05
- CVSS: 10 CRITICAL (v3.1)
- EPSS: 88.8% (100th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-863

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23 and earlier are affected by a Misconfiguration vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms and execute code. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction and scope is changed.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-08-07 | 2 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-12-03 | 120 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-08-07 · new · rule f61ed7c1e7e24c3380289e41ef7e015b · default Block
  > Adobe Experience Manager Forms - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2025-54253. Previous action: N/A. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-08-07-emergency-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-12-03 · new · rule 200013130
  > Added: signature 200013130 "Adobe Experience Manager Authentication Bypass" (Authentication/Authorization Attacks, risk High), systems: Java Servlets/JSP, Apache. References: CVE-2025-54253.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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