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Publication date: 2025-10-14

Last updated on: 2025-10-17

Assigner: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Description

Adobe Connect versions 12.9 and earlier are affected by a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could be exploited by an attacker to execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must navigate to a crafted web page. A successful attacker can abuse this to achieve session takeover, increasing the confidentiality and integrity impact as high. Scope is changed.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-10-14

Last Modified

2025-10-17

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-10-15

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-49553

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
adobe	connect	to 12.10 (exc)
apple	macos	*
microsoft	windows	*

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-79	The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue in Adobe Connect versions 12.9 and earlier. It allows an attacker to execute malicious scripts in a victim's browser if the victim interacts with a specially crafted web page. This can lead to unauthorized actions such as session takeover.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability can lead to session takeover, which compromises the confidentiality and integrity of user sessions. This means attackers could impersonate users, access sensitive information, or perform unauthorized actions within the affected application.

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