CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability
Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.
Generated by VEDAS. Scores as of 2026-11-01 19:19 UTC. Rebuilt every few hours from cve-scores, CISA KEV and vedas-signatures. How this works and its limits.
What it is
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.
Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by VulnCheck, published 2025-03-24).
Weakness: CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’); CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
How it can be exploited
Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing high privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: no. Technical impact: total.
- On CISA KEV since
- 2026-04-20
- US federal deadline
- 2026-05-04
- Ransomware use
- Not known
Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)
Also known as: CNNVD-202503-2808, CNVD-2026-05137, EUVD-2025-8010, GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw, SNYK-DOTNET-KENTICOXPERIENCELIBRARIES-9689934
Exploit Observer has no public exploit code that names this CVE or one of its aliases.
Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (8)
Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-2749
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-8010
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2749
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DOTNET-KENTICOXPERIENCELIBRARIES-9689934
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202503-2808
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2026-05137
7 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.
VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.
Live scores
- EPSS
- 0.040
some chance of attack soon - VEDAS
- 0.517
some exploit evidence - On CISA KEV
- Yes, since 2026-04-20
- Detection rule
- None yet
Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish. The vertical line is the day CISA added it to its exploited list.
Who is affected
| Product | Affected | Not affected |
|---|---|---|
| Kentico Xperience | up to and including 13.0.178 | Not stated |
Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.
Exploit Observer also maps it to: kentico xperience.
How to fix it
CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor guidance:
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes (vendor-advisory, patch)
How to detect it
There is no open VEDAS detection rule for this bug yet. It is listed on the detection gaps page if CISA has confirmed attacks.
References
Vendor advisories and patches
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes (vendor-advisory, patch)
Exploits and technical analysis
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ (technical-description, exploit)
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce (third-party-advisory)
Government sources
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749 (government-resource)
Other databases
Where this comes from
This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.