CVE-2025-2749
Published 2025-03-24 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source disclosure@vulncheck.com
Summary
CVE-2025-2749 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in Kentico Kentico Xperience. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on April 20, 2026, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 4, 2026. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Kentico has 4 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 4 known-exploited Kentico vulnerabilities →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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Kentico — Kentico Xperience
Name: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability
Date added: 2026-04-20 · Due: 2026-05-04
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.
References
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/
- 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

