High severity · published Jun 17, 2025
CVE-2025-34509
Sitecore XM and XP Hardcoded Credentials
7.5
CVSS
55.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)55.9% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Experience Manager · Sitecore
10.4 before 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE; 10.3 before 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE; 10.1 before 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE · source: vendor, NVD
EP
Experience Platform · Sitecore
10.4 before 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE; 10.3 before 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE; 10.1 before 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE · source: vendor, NVD
EC
Experience Commerce · Sitecore
9.0 through 10.4 · source: NVD
MC
Managed Cloud · Sitecore
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34509
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-34509
Exploit
https://labs.watchtowr.com/is-b-for-backdoor-pre-auth-rce-chain-in-sitecore-experience-platform/
Vendor Advisory
https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1003667
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