CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
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.
Description
An authenticated remote code execution in Kentico Xperience allows authenticated users Staging Sync Server to upload arbitrary data to path relative locations. This results in path traversal and arbitrary file upload, including content that can be executed server side leading to remote code execution.This issue affects Kentico Xperience through 13.0.178.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-22, CWE-434
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Kentico: Xperience
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes (opens in new tab)
- labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-ken… (opens in new tab)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-… (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)