Xperience
CVE-2018-6842
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Kentico 10 before 10.0.50 and 11 before 11.0.3 has XSS in which a crafted URL results in improper construction of a system page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Kentico 10 before 10.0.50 and 11 before 11.0.3 has XSS in which a crafted URL results in improper construction of a system page. Affected products include: Kentico Xperience. Version information: before 10.0.50.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Kentico 10 before 10.0.50 and 11 before 11.0.3 has XSS in which a crafted URL results in improper construction of a system page.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Kentico Xperience contains a second authentication bypass in the Staging Sync Server through None-type password handling
Kentico Xperience through 13.0.172 contains an authentication bypass in the Staging Sync Server through empty SHA1 usern
Remote code execution in Kentico Xperience CMS versions through 13.0.178 allows authenticated administrators to upload a
An issue was discovered in Kentico 12.0.x before 12.0.15, 11.0.x before 11.0.48, 10.0.x before 10.0.52, and 9.x versions
Kentico 9.0 through 11.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow via the SqlName, SqlPswd, Database, UserName, or Password fie
Kentico v10.0.42 allows Global Administrators to read the cleartext SMTP Password by navigating to the SMTP configuratio
Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Kentico 9 through 11 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary op
Kentico Xperience before 13.0.181 allows authenticated users to distribute malicious content (for stored XSS) via certai
The Kentico Xperience application does not fully validate or filter files uploaded via the multiple-file upload function
The Kentico Xperience CMS version 13.0 - 13.0.43 is vulnerable to a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Kentico before 12.0.50 allows file uploads in which the Content-Type header is inconsistent with the file extension, lea
Kentico 11 through 12 lets attackers upload and explore files without authentication via the cmsmodules/medialibrary/for
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