CVE-2025-2746Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Oct 20, 2025; federal agencies had to remediate by Nov 10, 2025. Treat that date as your deadline.
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An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server password handling of empty SHA1 usernames in digest authentication. Authentication bypass allows an attacker to control administrative objects.This issue affects Xperience through 13.0.172.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-288
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Oct 20, 2025; federal remediation due Nov 10, 2025Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 73.63% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Kentico Xperience kentico:xperience (from the name) | through 13.0.172 | CNA record |
kentico xperience kentico:xperience | through 13.0.172 | NVD |
References
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/technical-description, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixesvendor-advisory, patch
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-sync-server-digest-password-authentication-bypassthird-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2746us-government-resource
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