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title: "CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-2749/
description: "CVE-2025-2749 (Kentico Kentico Xperience): Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV). An authenticated remote code execution in Kentico Xperience allows…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-03-24
date_modified: 2026-04-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-2749"
kev: true
cvss: 7.2
epss: 0.04021
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-2749: Kentico Xperience Path Traversal Vulnerability

**Signal:** Exploited: patch now if you run it. CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Yes, if you run Kentico Kentico Xperience. CISA added this CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-04-20, which means there is reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild. US federal agencies must remediate by 2026-05-04 ; treat that as the outer limit, not the target.
- EPSS 4.0% , percentile 91: FIRST’s model estimates a 4.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (high (admin)). Exposure depends on who can log in.

## What it is

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.

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Kentico Xperience: <= 13.0.178

## Severity

- VulnCheck CVSS 3.1: 7.2 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: added 2026-04-20; federal due date 2026-05-04. Known ransomware use: Unknown.
- CISA required action: 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 SSVC assessment: exploitation active , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 4.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 91.

## Sources

- [devnet.kentico.com](https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-2749](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2749)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-2749](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2749)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entry](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2749)
- [labs.watchtowr.com](https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/)
- [vulncheck.com](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-media-file-upload-authenticated-rce)

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