CVE-2025-2746 Kentico CVE debrief

Who should care

Organizations that run Kentico Xperience CMS, especially teams responsible for internet-facing CMS instances, application security, vulnerability management, and patch operations. Security leaders should treat this as a priority because CISA has classified it as known exploited.

Technical summary

The supplied corpus identifies the issue only at a high level: an authentication bypass in Kentico Xperience CMS involving an alternate path or channel. No exploit chain, affected version range, or deeper technical root cause is provided in the supplied sources. The key operational fact is that CISA lists the CVE in KEV, indicating confirmed exploitation risk and a required remediation window.

Defensive priority

High. A KEV-listed authentication bypass should be treated as urgent, particularly for externally reachable CMS deployments. The CISA due date of 2025-11-10 makes this a near-term remediation item.

Recommended defensive actions

• Apply Kentico vendor mitigations or hotfixes per official instructions as soon as possible.
• Use the CVE and NVD records to confirm affected versions and current remediation status before scheduling changes.
• If mitigations are unavailable for a deployment, follow CISA guidance to discontinue use of the product until a safe path is available.
• Prioritize internet-facing Xperience CMS instances and any systems that expose administrative or authentication endpoints.
• Track remediation completion against the CISA KEV due date of 2025-11-10.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied official corpus: the CISA KEV entry, the CVE record, and the NVD detail page links. The source metadata states this CVE is KEV-listed, that Kentico is the vendor and Xperience CMS is the product, and that vendor hotfixes are available through official Kentico instructions. No CVSS score, affected version range, or exploitation details beyond KEV listing were included in the supplied data.

Official resources