01 Record
CVE-2025-2746
Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass
CriticalKEVPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-20. Federal remediation due 2025-11-10.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 74.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-03-24 18:16Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 19:09Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 8c693f2eae8b08619656c7ec297c89adb95969e08b8ccfef6dd1e2617946725b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- labs.watchtowr.comhttps://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/
- devnet.kentico.comhttps://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
- github.comhttps://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011
- www.vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-sync-server-digest-password-authentication-bypass
- www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2746