CVE-2025-34509high7.5

Sitecore XM and XP Hardcoded Credentials

Impact

Sitecore XM and XP versions 10.1 to 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE, 10.2, 10.3 to 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE, and 10.4 to 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE contain hardcoded credentials, allowing unauthenticated and remote attackers to access administrative API over HTTP. The weakness is due to the use of hard-coded credentials.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

What to do

Update to patched versions.

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Affected packages

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Affected products

Vendor version evidence. Product records are separate from automatic dependency matching.

Sitecore · VulnCheck

Experience Manager

4 ranges

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affected

10.4 → before 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE

custom versions

10.3 → before 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE

custom versions

10.2 → before 10.3

custom versions

10.1 → before 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE

custom versions

Other versions: unaffected

Sitecore · VulnCheck

Experience Platform

4 ranges

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affected

10.4 → before 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE

custom versions

10.3 → before 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE

custom versions

10.2 → before 10.3

custom versions

10.1 → before 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE

custom versions

Other versions: unaffected

Original source description

Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) and Experience Platform (XP) versions 10.1 to 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE, all versions of 10.2, 10.3 to 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE, and 10.4 to 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE contain a hardcoded user account. Unauthenticated and remote attackers can use this account to access administrative API over HTTP.

Inside the record

Evidence available

Package identity · not supplied

Version evidence

Remediation guidance

Weakness classification

Additional publishers

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Original records

CVE-2025-34509

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-798 ↗

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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Environment requirements

These conditions apply together as specified by the publisher. A matching product name alone does not establish exposure.

VulnCheck · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.4

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.4.1

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.3

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.3.3

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.2

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.3

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.1

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.1.4

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.4

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.4.1

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.3

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.3.3

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.2

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.3

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:sitecore:experience_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 10.1

After:

Through (inclusive):

Before: 10.1.4

Original applicability statements

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Contributing organizations · 2

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Assigning organization

2026-10-29

CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-02-26

What changed

Follow changes

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References

2 sources

support.sitecore.com/kb

vendor-advisoryVulnCheck

labs.watchtowr.com/is-b-for-backdoor-pre-auth-rce-chain-in-sitecore-experience-platform/

third-party-advisoryVulnCheck

Priority and evidence

Not in CISA KEVNo package fix recorded

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 31/10/2026, 09:30:31 UTC

VulnCheck · CVSS:3.1 · 7.5

Assessment vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reading the signals

Severity · CVSS: Technical impact and attack conditions. The headline is the highest imported catalog score; sources may disagree.
Observed exploitation · KEV: An absent or unavailable KEV listing does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
Predicted exploitation · EPSS: 55.87% estimated probability in the next 30 days. 2026-10-29 · FIRST EPSS.

CISA-ADP · SSVC

CISA Coordinator · 2025-06-18

Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total

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Record details

Published: 17/06/2025, 18:20:57 UTC
Modified: 29/10/2026, 21:15:17 UTC
Last imported by cve.new: 29/10/2026, 21:39:09 UTC
Aliases: None recorded

Source evidence

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CVE CVE-2025-34509