CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 20 Apr 2026, 392 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 4%
EPSS score, percentile 90.5 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 7.2 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
Required action (CISA), due 4 May 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.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected: 13.0.178 and earlier
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by 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.
CISA due date for this action: 4 May 2026.
Advisories and patches
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | 13.0.178 and earlier |
Versions not listed are: unaffected.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
Kentico Xperience contains a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an authenticated user's Staging Sync Server to upload arbitrary data to path relative locations.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2025-2749 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 20 Apr 2026.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 4 May 2026.
- The CVE record was published on 24 Mar 2025, 392 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (High), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4% (percentile 90.5), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Description
Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-650: Upload a Web Shell to a Web Server
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2025 | CVE record published |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 21 Apr 2026 | CVE record last updated |
| 4 May 2026 | CISA due date for the required action |
References
More exploited Kentico vulnerabilities
- CVE-2025-2746: Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-2747: Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-10068: Kentico Xperience Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability