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Kentico Xperience CMS 13.x < 13.0.179 Staging Service Authentication Bypass

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 115819

Synopsis

Kentico Xperience CMS 13.x < 13.0.179 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 through 13.0.178 are affected by an authentication bypass in the Staging Sync Server component due to improper handling of the server-defined None password type. When the Staging Service is enabled, an unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to gain control of administrative objects, potentially compromising the CMS.

Solution

Upgrade Kentico Xperience 13 to hotfix 179 (13.0.179) 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: 115819

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: 7.7

Percentile: 98.83

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-2025-2747

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-2025-2747

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-2025-2747