Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-2747
Actively exploited
Kentico Xperience
Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Sync Server None Password Type Authentication Bypass
CVSS 3.1
9.8Critical
Remedy
Required action (CISA): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. (due: 2025-11-10)
Official description
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server component password handling for the server defined None type. Authentication bypass allows an attacker to control administrative objects.This issue affects Xperience through 13.0.178.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentico | Xperience | v ≤ 13.0.178 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ technical-descriptionexploit
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes vendor-advisorypatch
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011 exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-sync-server-none-password-type-authentication-bypass third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2747 government-resource
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Details
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
- Kolun priority
- 90 · Critical
CISA KEV catalog
- Date added
- 2025-10-20
- Due date
- 2025-11-10
- Used in ransomware
- Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
97.16%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
99.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- Active
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel