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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Kentico Xperience
Default version status: unaffected
0 to ≤ 13.0.178affected
References
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ ↗
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes ↗
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce ↗
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749 ↗