CVE-2025-2749
Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-2749- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-8010
7.2
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-8010- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw
7.2
An authenticated remote code execution in Kentico Xperience allows authenticated users Staging...
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.
- Record
GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability
Kentico Xperience contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user's Staging Sync Server to upload arbitrary data to path relative locations.
- Record
CVE-2025-2749- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-2749- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-2749 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Kentico Xperience, published March 24, 2025. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since April 20, 2026. EUVD reports exploitation since April 20, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.02%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms
devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2749
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw