Vulnerability record

CVE-2025-2749

Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Kentico Xperience, fix it now.

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.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by May 4, 2026.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

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.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsSource
Kentico XperienceKentico<= 13.0.178KEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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References

  • devnet.kentico.com https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2749
  • labs.watchtowr.com https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience…
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749