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Kentico Xperience CMS 13.x < 13.0.178 Staging Service Authentication Bypass

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 115818

Synopsis

Kentico Xperience CMS 13.x < 13.0.178 Staging Service Authentication Bypass

Description

Kentico CMS is a common ASP.NET Content Management System (CMS) used for building websites and online stores.

Kentico Xperience 13 versions before 13.0.178 are affected by an authentication bypass in the Staging Service. When this service is enabled, an unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication without providing a password and gain control of administrative objects, potentially compromising the CMS.

Solution

Upgrade Kentico Xperience 13 to hotfix 178 (13.0.178) or later.

See Also

https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 115818

Type: Check Based

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2746

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-2746