CVE-2025-2749

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.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): VulnCheck
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 7.2 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Effective score: 7.2 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-22, CWE-434
Reserved: 2025-03-24
Published: 2025-03-24 18:18 UTC
Last updated: 2026-04-21 03:55 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2025/2xxx/CVE-2025-2749.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2025-2749 — Kentico Kentico Xperience: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CISA KEV

CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of this CVE. Federal agencies must remediate by the due date below; private orgs should treat it as priority-1.

Vulnerability name: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor / project: Kentico
Product: Kentico Xperience
Date added to KEV: 2026-04-20
Remediation 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.
Ransomware campaign use: Unknown
CISA notes: https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2749
CISA listing: www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published: 2025-03-24 19:15:52 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-04-21 13:00:03 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 7.2 / 10 HIGH source: disclosure@vulncheck.com
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore: 1.2 / 10
Impact subscore: 5.9 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0489 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 89.70% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID: EUVD-2025-8010
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: Mar 24, 2025, 6:18:07 PM
Updated: Apr 21, 2026, 3:55:36 AM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 7.2 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EUVD-reported EPSS: 4.8900
Vendors: Kentico
Products: Xperience (0 ≤13.0.178)
Aliases: GHSA-g53h-cfhr-24hw

ENISA 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.

EUVD references (3)

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Kentico	Xperience	`0` (affected)	—

Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD

NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.

cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor references (3)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

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://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce third-party-advisory

Web references (7)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html rapid7:cwe.mitre.org
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-2749 rapid7:attackerkb.com
https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes rapid7:devnet.kentico.com
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-8010 rapid7:euvd.enisa.europa.eu
https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ rapid7:labs.watchtowr.com
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2749 rapid7:www.cve.org
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce rapid7:www.vulncheck.com

NVD-tagged references (4)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes disclosure@vulncheck.com Patch
https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/ disclosure@vulncheck.com ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 US Government Resource
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce disclosure@vulncheck.com Third Party Advisory

Indicators (3)

IOCs linked to the auto-promoted Threat row.

Type	Value	VirusTotal	Attached
cwe	`CWE-22`	no local data	2026-05-14 02:58 UTC
cwe	`CWE-434`	no local data	2026-05-14 02:58 UTC
cve	`CVE-2025-2749`	no local data	2026-05-14 02:58 UTC

Remediations (9)

Remediations are stored against the linked Threat row; the list below is deduplicated across both pages.

Patch Tuesday May 2026: Security Updates & CVE Analysis

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Get the complete breakdown of Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday. We analyze the latest security updates and all critical CVEs .

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2026 - 120 Vulnerabilities Fixed, Including ...

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Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday lands with a heavy enterprise focus, fixing 120 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, developer tools, and Microsoft 365 apps, including 29 remote code execution (RCE) flaws rated Critical.

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, September 2025 Edition - Krebs on Security

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Microsoft Corp. today issued security updates to fix more than 80 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. There are no known "zero-day" or actively exploited vulnerabilities ...

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
Nvd - Cve-2025-2749

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2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
May 12, 2026—KB5089549 (OS Builds 26200.8457 and 26100.8457)

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This cumulative update for Windows 11, version 25H2 and 24H2 (KB5089549) includes the latest security fixes and improvements, along with non-security updates from last month's optional preview release. Visit the Windows release health dashboard for the latest status on this release.

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes 130+ Vulnerabilities ...

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Microsoft has released its May 2026 Patch Tuesday updates for Windows 11 and Windows 10, shipping as KB5089549 and KB5087544. The updates include fixes for more than 130 security vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, SharePoint, DNS components, and core system services, as Bleeping Computer writes. While no publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities were reported this month, the […]

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
Patch Tuesday - Cisco Talos Blog

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities Microsoft has released its monthly security update for October 2025 , addressing 175 Microsoft CVEs and 21 non-Microsoft CVEs . Among these, 17 vulnerabilities are considered critical and 11 are flagged as important and considered more likely to be exploited.

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes 130+ Vulnerabilities ... - LinkedIn

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Microsoft has released its May 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates, addressing more than 130 vulnerabilities across its software ecosystem, including Windows, Microsoft Office, SharePoint Server ...

2026-05-14 07:48 UTC
CISA Required Action

CISA KEV

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 date: 2026-05-04 Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

2026-05-14 01:13 UTC

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