Adobe Connect versions 2025.3, 12.10 and earlier are affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Why It Matters
Analysis dossierWhy It Matters
Adobe Connect versions 2025.3, 12.10 and earlier are affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into a web page, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page. Scope is changed.
High Severity / Review
Unknown
Unknown
Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; CRITICAL severity; Critical source severity without confirmed exploitation
Affected Products & Remediation
2 source-backed productsVendor or catalog guidance (source)
Not provided by source
Known exploitation (source facts)
Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".
- CISA KEV
- Unknown
- Exploited (source statement)
- Unknown
- Publicly disclosed (source)
- Unknown
Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)
SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.
Matched cross-site-scripting (CWE-79); user-interaction-client (CVSS AV:N, CVSS UI:R)
Exposure
- Identify the affected web component and source-stated version range.Telemetry: Application inventory · The weakness class does not identify local deployment. · Rule cross-site-scripting
- Identify endpoints reporting this CVE, especially those used for email and web browsing.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · A network vector that needs user interaction points at user-facing client software. · Rule user-interaction-client
Exploitation evidence
- Review suspicious script-bearing requests to the affected endpoint.Telemetry: Application access logs · Requests are leads, not evidence that a user session was compromised. · Rule cross-site-scripting
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Exploitation evidence
- Review unusual child processes started by the affected client application on affected endpoints.Telemetry: DeviceProcessEvents · Hunting hypothesis from the CVSS vector; it does not show that exploitation occurred. · Rule user-interaction-client
Response
- Verify the source-stated patch and retest the affected component.Telemetry: Application change records · Remediation requires a local version or configuration check. · Rule cross-site-scripting
CISA KEV Record
CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.
Change History & Source Data
— No recorded material change
- CNA / source
- psirt@adobe.com
- Record status · verification
- UPDATED · NVD API
- CPE
- cpe:2.3:a:adobe:connect:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:adobe:connect_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:adobe:connect_desktop_application:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
Evidence & Provenance
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