Kentico · Auth bypass
Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
At a glance
Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.
Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on Kentico Xperience, treat it as High.
Briefing
- Do not treat uncorroborated claims as confirmed breaches.
Questions to ask IT
- Do we run Kentico Xperience, and which versions?
- Is any of it reachable from the internet?
- Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
- If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 14 Nov?
Next steps
- Confirm exposure and remediation status for affected products
Vulnerability facts
Full CVE detail CVE-2025-2746- 9.8 · CriticalExploitable over the network without any account, and no one has to click or open anything. High impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Listed: attacks using it have been seen
- Elevated attack likelihood (~74.1% in 30 days)
- 13.0.172 and earlier
No technical write-up beyond these facts and the summary below yet.
Next steps
- Confirm whether affected products/versions are present and prioritise patching or mitigations
Summary
- Kentico Xperience CMS contains an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability that could allow an attacker to control administrative objects.
- CVE-2025-2746 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)
- Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.
Why this matters in the UK
- Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild
Products and services involved
- Kentico Xperience90% match confidence · CVE-2025-2746
Part of Authentication bypass vulnerabilities in enterprise software
Pulse
Last checked 17h ago · Next recheck 8 Nov 2026, 21:04 UK time
in the next 30 days first recorded at 97.2% (elevated likelihood signal, not confirmed exploitation). Suggested changed to 7d.
Elevated — confirm exposure; this is a probability signal, not confirmed exploitation.
2 quiet checks hidden.
Sources
Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
How we know
Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.
- ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence
Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability
- ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence
Kentico Xperience CMS contains an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability that could allow an attacker to control administrative objects.
- ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence
Event involves CVE-2025-2746
- ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence
CVE-2025-2746 is confirmed as exploited in the wild (US known-exploited catalogue)

