# CVE-2019-16469: Adobe Experience Manager - Information Disclosure

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2019-16469 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2019-16469

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Adobe Experience Manager
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-917 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection'))

## Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, 6.2, 6.1, and 6.0 have an expression language injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to sensitive information disclosure.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2019-16469](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16469) is an expression language injection vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Adobe Experience Manager. Exploitation of this flaw could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information, potentially leading to remote code execution and data breaches. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to organizations relying on Adobe Experience Manager for content management.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 20th of May 2025.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2019-16469 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending requests to the AEM metadata editor endpoint with the `item` parameter containing expression language payloads (e.g., `${...}`), potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure.

## Timeline

- 2020-01-15: CVE Published. CVE-2019-16469 is published to NVD.
- 2025-05-20: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2019-16469 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.

## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb20-01.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-16469.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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