CVEs / CVE-2025-2749
CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 20 Apr 2026
- high 7.2 CVSS 3.1 (from the CNA)
- EPSS 4.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Kentico Xperience contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user's Staging Sync Server to upload arbitrary data to path relative locations.
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Kentico Xperience | up to and including 13.0.178 | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 20 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 4 May 2026 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | 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. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by the CNA ([email protected]) |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-22, CWE-434 |
References
- CVE-2025-2749 on NVD
- CVE-2025-2749 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes (cited by CISA)
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes Patch
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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