critical9.8Known exploited
CVE-2025-2746
Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2025-10-20. Federal due date: 2025-11-10.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
Kentico Xperience CMS contains an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability that could allow an attacker to control administrative objects.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Kentico | Xperience | through 13.0.172 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011
- 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-sync-server-digest-password-authentication-bypass
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2746