# CVE-2025-54249: Adobe Experience Manager - SSRF

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-54249 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-2025-54249

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Background Noise. Continuous low-level scanning or exploitation attempts are observed, mostly opportunistic and automated.
- **CVSS score:** 6.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Adobe Experience Manager
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF))
- **Tags:** enterprise_software

## Description

Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier are affected by a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. A low-privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to manipulate server-side requests and bypass security controls allowing unauthorized read access.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-54249](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54249) is a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.23.0 and earlier, which allows low-privileged attackers to manipulate server-side requests and bypass security controls. Exploiting this flaw could enable unauthorized read access to sensitive internal resources, potentially exposing confidential information to threat actors.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 15th of October 2025.

Insights from the CrowdSec network reveal that the attackers trying to exploit CVE-2025-54249 are composed of a fairly even mix of opportunistic and targeted actors. Some attackers employ preliminary reconnaissance, while others use indiscriminate scanning.
Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2025-54249. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted POST requests to endpoints such as `/services/accesstoken/verify` with a manipulated `auth_url` parameter, enabling SSRF attempts against internal or external resources.

## Timeline

- 2025-09-09: CVE Published. CVE-2025-54249 is published to NVD.
- 2025-10-15: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-54249 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-10-16: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-54249 for the first time.

## References

- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/experience-manager/apsb25-90.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-54249.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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