CVE-2020-36890

An access control bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows administrators to modify global administrator user privileges via unauthorized requests. Attackers could potentially compromise global administrator accounts and invalidate security-sensitive macros by manipulating user privilege levels.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes	Product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-administrator-access-control-bypass	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Dec 2025, 18:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:kentico:xperience::::::::
First Time		Kentico Kentico xperience
References	~~() https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes -~~	() https://devnet.kentico.com/download/hotfixes - Product
References	~~() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-administrator-access-control-bypass -~~	() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kentico-xperience-administrator-access-control-bypass - Third Party Advisory

18 Dec 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-18 20:15

Updated : 2025-12-24 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2020-36890

Mitre link : CVE-2020-36890

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-36890

JSON object : View

Products Affected

kentico

xperience

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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