Kentico Xperience up to 13.0.120 Administration Interface cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Kentico Xperience up to 13.0.120. This affects an unknown function of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-53736. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kentico Xperience up to 13.0.120. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Administration Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts in the administration interface. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary scripts within the administrative context.

The weakness was shared by James Taylor. It is possible to read the advisory at devnet.kentico.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-53736 since 12/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-204329). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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CNA Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/06/2025 CVE reserved
12/18/2025 +12 days Advisory disclosed
12/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/28/2025 +10 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: devnet.kentico.com
Researcher: James Taylor
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-53736 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-53736
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-337499
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/18/2025 22:50
Updated: 12/28/2025 02:54
Changes: 12/18/2025 22:50 (75), 12/25/2025 00:00 (11), 12/27/2025 21:45 (4), 12/28/2025 02:54 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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