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Xperience CVE-2019-12102

CRITICAL
Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (CWE-732)
2019-05-22 cve@mitre.org
9.1
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V13 - Configuration Permission assignment review
Impact

CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker could access resources due to misconfigured permissions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 2.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Kentico 11 through 12 lets attackers upload and explore files without authentication via the cmsmodules/medialibrary/formcontrols/liveselectors/insertimageormedia/tabs_media.aspx URI. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Review and restrict file/resource permissions, apply principle of least privilege.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Permission Assignment (CWE-732), which allows attackers to access resources due to misconfigured permissions. Kentico 11 through 12 lets attackers upload and explore files without authentication via the cmsmodules/medialibrary/formcontrols/liveselectors/insertimageormedia/tabs_media.aspx URI. NOTE: The vendor disputes the report because the researcher did not configure the media library permissions correctly. The vendor states that by default all users can read/modify/upload files, and it’s up to the administrator to decide who should have access to the media library and set the permissions accordingly. See the vendor documentation in the references for more information Affected products include: Kentico Xperience. Version information: through 12.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 9.1 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

Kentico 11 through 12 lets attackers upload and explore files without authentication via the cmsmodules/medialibrary/formcontrols/liveselectors/insertimageormedia/tabs_media.aspx URI. NOTE: The vendor disputes the report because the researcher did not configure the media library permissions correctly. The vendor states that by default all users can read/modify/upload files, and it’s up to the administrator to decide who should have access to the media library and set the permissions accordingly. See the vendor documentation in the references for more information

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
2.2%
Top 20% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 2.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +2
CVSS: +46
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2025-2747 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 24

Kentico Xperience contains a second authentication bypass in the Staging Sync Server through None-type password handling

CVE-2025-2746 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 24

Kentico Xperience through 13.0.172 contains an authentication bypass in the Staging Sync Server through empty SHA1 usern

CVE-2025-2749 HIGH POC
7.2 Mar 24

Remote code execution in Kentico Xperience CMS versions through 13.0.178 allows authenticated administrators to upload a

CVE-2019-10068 CRITICAL POC
9.8 Mar 26

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

CVE-2018-5282 HIGH POC
7.8 Jan 08

Kentico 9.0 through 11.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow via the SqlName, SqlPswd, Database, UserName, or Password fie

CVE-2019-6242 HIGH POC
7.2 Feb 08

Kentico v10.0.42 allows Global Administrators to read the cleartext SMTP Password by navigating to the SMTP configuratio

CVE-2018-7046 HIGH POC
7.2 Feb 20

Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Kentico 9 through 11 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary op

CVE-2025-32369 MEDIUM POC
6.4 Apr 06

Kentico Xperience before 13.0.181 allows authenticated users to distribute malicious content (for stored XSS) via certai

CVE-2025-2748 MEDIUM POC
6.1 Mar 24

The Kentico Xperience application does not fully validate or filter files uploaded via the multiple-file upload function

CVE-2021-43991 MEDIUM POC
5.4 Dec 03

The Kentico Xperience CMS version 13.0 - 13.0.43 is vulnerable to a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

CVE-2019-19493 MEDIUM POC
5.4 Dec 02

Kentico before 12.0.50 allows file uploads in which the Content-Type header is inconsistent with the file extension, lea

CVE-2025-2794 HIGH
8.7 Mar 31

An unsafe reflection vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows an unauthenticated attacker to kill the current process,

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