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GHSA-8345-RFQ2-7H8Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-24 21:30 – Updated: 2025-11-05 00:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-2747 (GCVE-0-2025-2747)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-24 18:17 – Updated: 2025-11-19 18:33

Summary

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

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	https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes	vendor-advisory
	https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperienc…	exploit
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xper…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Kentico	Xperience	Affected: 0 , ≤ 13.0.178 (custom)

Credits

Piotr Bazydlo (watchTowr)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8345-RFQ2-7H8Q

CVE-2025-2747 (GCVE-0-2025-2747)

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