# CVE-2025-2747

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2025-2747
- CVSS: 9.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-10-20; CISA due date 2025-11-10
- EPSS: 97.17%
- Detection templates only, no public exploit found: 1 Nuclei template
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-10-21)
- Weakness: CWE-288
- Published: 2025-03-24

## Affected versions

- Kentico Xperience: affected <= 13.0.178

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [exploit] https://labs.watchtowr.com/bypassing-authentication-like-its-the-90s-pre-auth-rce-chain-s-in-kentico-xperience-cms/
- [patch] https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes
- [exploit] https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/kentico-xperience13-AuthBypass-wt-2025-0011
- [advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-staging-sync-server-none-password-type-authentication-bypass
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-2747

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