CVE-2021-28626
Adobe Experience Manager Improper Authorization at /content/usergenerated
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Adobe Experience Manager Improper Authorization at /content/usergenerated
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
- Record
CVE-2021-28626- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-15295
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
- Record
EUVD-2021-15295- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7c6q-7j7v-99c4
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is...
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
- Record
GHSA-7c6q-7j7v-99c4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-285, CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Adobe Experience Manager Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.8.0 (and below) is affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability allowing users to create nodes under a location. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application denial-of-service. Exploitation of this issue does not require user interaction.
- Record
CVE-2021-28626- CVSS 3.1
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-28626 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.7) in Adobe Experience Manager, published August 24, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.