High 7.2Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Mar 24, 2025

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

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 12:10 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 20, 2026; federal agencies had to remediate by May 4, 2026. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22, CWE-434
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Apr 20, 2026; federal remediation due May 4, 2026Apply 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): 4.02% (percentile 90)
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Apr 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Kentico Xperience kentico:xperience (from the name)	through 13.0.178	CNA record
kentico xperience kentico:xperience	through 13.0.178	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://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rcethird-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749us-government-resource

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