# CVE-2025-2746: Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass

> CVE-2025-2746: Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2746
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:07:33Z

- Published: 2025-03-24 18:16 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:07 UTC · Assigner: VulnCheck
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 74.1%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2025-10-20, federal due date 2025-11-10, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-288

## Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server password handling of empty SHA1 usernames in digest authentication. Authentication bypass allows an attacker to control administrative objects.This issue affects Xperience through 13.0.172.

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- Kentico: Xperience

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2746)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2746)
- [https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes](https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes)
- [https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011](https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011)
- [https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/](https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-sync-server-digest-password-authentication-bypass](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-sync-server-digest-password-authentication-bypass)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2746 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2746.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-2746 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:51.986Z