# CVE-2025-54253: Adobe Experience Manager Forms remote code execution

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-54253-adobe-experience-manager-forms-remote-code-execution  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-15. Updated: 2026-05-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-54253 · Severity: critical · CVSS 10 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2025-10-15

Adobe Experience Manager Forms, a platform used by organizations to create and manage digital forms and documents, contains a critical security flaw. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute commands on the server, potentially leading to a full system takeover and theft of sensitive data. This issue is currently being exploited in the wild, making immediate patching essential to protect corporate infrastructure.

Vendors: [Adobe](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/adobe).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-54253 exploited in the wild?** Yes. CVE-2025-54253 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 15 October 2025. Treat it as urgent.

**How severe is CVE-2025-54253?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 10, published 15 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Adobe Experience Manager Forms 6.5.23 and earlier.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-54253?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-54253 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-54253?** Check whether you run Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms or Adobe Experience Manager Forms at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms versions 6.5.23 and earlier are vulnerable to a critical misconfiguration (CWE-16/CWE-863) that results in unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability stems from an incorrect authorization check or misconfiguration, potentially related to Struts 'devMode' being enabled in the JEE environment. An attacker can exploit this over the network without any user interaction to bypass security mechanisms and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 10.0 and is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

## Affected products

- Adobe Experience Manager Forms 6.5.23 and earlier

## Timeline

- 2025-08-05: disclosed: Initial CVE publication
- 2025-10-15: kev added: CISA added to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- 2025-10-15: exploited: Confirmed active exploitation in the wild