Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Active
- 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-04-20 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-2749
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw
References
More Kentico Xperience vulnerabilities
- 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-2025-23449 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
- TI-2025-23448 Cross-site scripting in Kentico Xperience CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-2749 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-2749 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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