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TI-2020-19025 Aliases CVE-2020-36890GHSA-wxvc-763r-j974

Kentico Xperience <= 10 Administrator Access Control Bypass

Priority LOW 39CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

An access control bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows administrators to modify global administrator user privileges via unauthorized requests. Attackers could potentially compromise global administrator accounts and invalidate security-sensitive macros by manipulating user privilege levels.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00343 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
KenticoXperienceup to 12.0.60—No fix listedCNA
  • Xperience VendorKentico Affected up to 12.0.60 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 12.0.60VulnerableKentico
  • cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 12.0.60 Vulnerable ·Kentico

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36890
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wxvc-763r-j974

References

  • TI-2025-02400 Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Sync Server None Password Type Authentication Bypass KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-02399 Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-07394 An issue was discovered in Kentico 12.0.x before 12.0.15, 11.0.x before 11.0.48, 10.0.x… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-02402 Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2025-23449 Unrestricted file upload in Kentico Xperience CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-12981 Kentico 9.0 before 9.0.51 and 10.0 before 10.0.48 allows remote attackers to obtain… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources