# CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE

> CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE. CVSS 7.2 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2749
Last updated: 2026-06-17T09:07:33Z

- Published: 2025-03-24 18:18 UTC · Updated: 2026-06-17 09:07 UTC · Assigner: VulnCheck
- CVSS: 7.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 4.0%, 91th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2026-04-20, federal due date 2026-05-04, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-22, CWE-434

## 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.

## 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-2025-2749)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2749)
- [https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes](https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes)
- [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-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce)

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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-2025-2749 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-2749.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-2749 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:10:11.740Z