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GHSA-G53H-CFHR-24HW

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

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


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

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CVE-2025-2749 (GCVE-0-2025-2749)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-24 18:18 – Updated: 2025-12-17 19:33

Title

Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Media File Upload Authenticated RCE

Summary

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authenticati…	technical-descriptionexploit
	https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes	vendor-advisorypatch
	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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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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-G53H-CFHR-24HW

CVE-2025-2749 (GCVE-0-2025-2749)

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