9.8
CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-2746
Kentico Xperience Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 24, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 27, 2025, 4:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-2746 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kentico xperience
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Address authentication bypass by updating Kentico Xperience to the latest version.
  • Update Kentico Xperience to the latest version.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-2746.

URL Resource
https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011
https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-2746 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cyber Security News
Kentico Xperience CMS XSS Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Remote Code

A critical security flaw in Kentico Xperience CMS, a widely used enterprise content management system (CMS), has been uncovered. By exploiting a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, attackers can ... Read more

Published Date: Apr 01, 2025 (4 months, 3 weeks ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-2746 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added Reference https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
    Added Reference https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011
    Added Reference https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
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