Overview
Adobe Connect, a popular web conferencing platform, has recently been discovered to have a significant security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-43567. This vulnerability primarily affects Adobe Connect versions 12.8 and earlier. The issue arises from a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by an attacker to inject malicious scripts into form fields. Given the extensive use of Adobe Connect, this vulnerability poses a serious threat to both individual users and organizations, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-43567
Severity: Critical (9.3 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Impact: Session takeover, potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Adobe Connect | 12.8 and earlier
How the Exploit Works
An attacker exploiting this vulnerability would typically craft a URL containing malicious JavaScript and then trick a victim into clicking on it. Once the victim navigates to the page with the vulnerable form field, the malicious JavaScript is reflected back and executed in the victim’s browser. This could lead to session takeover, where the attacker gains unauthorized access to the victim’s session, potentially compromising the system or leading to data leakage.
Conceptual Example Code
Here’s a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this HTTP request, the attacker embeds malicious JavaScript in the user input “username”.
GET /login?username=<script>malicious_code_here</script> HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.comThe server then reflects this malicious script back to the user’s browser where it could be executed, leading to the potential security breaches mentioned above.
Mitigation Guidance
To mitigate this vulnerability, Adobe has released a patch and it is strongly recommended that users of Adobe Connect update to the latest version as soon as possible. As a temporary measure, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used to help detect and prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. However, these measures should not replace the need for applying the official patch from Adobe.