CVE-2025-5591 (GCVE-0-2025-5591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-05 00:02 – Updated: 2026-01-05 20:34
VLAI?
Title
Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in Kentico Xperience 13
Summary
Kentico Xperience 13 is vulnerable to a stored cross-site scripting attack via a form component, allowing an attacker to hijack a victim user’s session and perform actions in their security context.
Severity ?
7.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:U
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
  • CWE-1188 - Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
Assigner
TML
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Kentico Kentico Xperience Affected: 13.0.167
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Credits
Michael Nervo
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