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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-2749 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes VulnCheck Patch 
https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ VulnCheck Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce VulnCheck Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability 04/20/2026 05/04/2026 Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') VulnCheck  
CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type VulnCheck  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-2749
NVD Published Date:
03/24/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
VulnCheck