assetnote/hopgoblinAdobe Experience Manager (AEM) hacking toolkit
hopgoblin is a scanner for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) instances.
It automates a handful of checks that we frequently perform manually during security assessments.
/bin/querybuilder.json/bin/querybuilder.feedrep:User objects and leaked password hashes/services/accesstoken/verify/crx/packmgr/service/exec.json)tqdm)--proxy) for use with Burp/ZAPClone the repository and install dependencies:
git clone https://github.com/assetnote/hopgoblin.git
cd hopgoblin
pip install -r requirements.txt
Requirements:
requeststqdmpython hopgoblin.py https://aem-target.example
Example output:
[.] Output will be saved to: hopgoblin_aem-target.example_20250923_123456.txt
Scanning https://aem-target.example
[+] Exposed JSON query builder - /bin/querybuilder.json
POC URL: https://aem-target.example/bin/querybuilder.json
summary
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https://aem-target.example
exposed json query builder
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python hopgoblin.py -f targets.txt --threads 25 --ssrf-target collab.example.com
python hopgoblin.py -f targets.txt --proxy http://127.0.0.1:8080 --debug
usage: hopgoblin.py [-h] [-f FILE | url] [-t SSRF_TARGET] [-d] [-p PROXY] [--threads THREADS]
positional arguments:
url Single target URL
optional arguments:
-f, --file FILE File containing target URLs (one per line)
-t, --ssrf-target Callback domain for SSRF/XXE checks
-d, --debug Enable debug output
-p, --proxy Proxy URL (e.g., http://127.0.0.1:8080)
--threads THREADS Number of threads (default: 10)
During our research we identified and reported several vulnerabilities in Adobe Experience Manager, which were assigned CVEs:
For more details, see Adobe’s official advisory:
Adobe Security Bulletin APSB25-90
This research and tool were presented at BSides Canberra 2025:
Finding Critical Bugs in Adobe Experience Manager
Slides: