CVE-2021-40713

Adobe Experience Manager Improper Certificate Validation Could Lead to Man In The Middle Attack

Published Sep 27, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.9.0 (and earlier) is affected by a improper certificate validation vulnerability in the cold storage component. If an attacker can achieve a man in the middle when the cold server establishes a new certificate, they would be able to harvest sensitive information.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27879 Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.9.0 (and earlier) is affected by a improper certificate validation vulnerability in the cold storage component. If an attacker can achieve a man in the middle when the cold server establishes a new certificate, they would be able to harvest sensitive information.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
adobe
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2025, 7:27 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 27, 2021, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:07 AM