CVE-2022-50685 Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.56 File Upload Stored XSS
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via XML file uploads, leading to stored XSS execution in victim browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-50685?
CVE-2022-50685 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts via XML file uploads as page attachments or metafiles. Attackers can upload malicious XML files that enable stored XSS, allowing malicious scripts to execute in users' browsers.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50685?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kentico Xperience.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50685?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-50685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2022-50685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Kentico Xperience
- CVE-2025-2746 Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2025-2747 Kentico Xperience CMS Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2019-10068 Kentico Xperience Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2025-2749 Kentico Xperience Path Traversal
- CVE-2017-17736 Missing authorization in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j96v-c89v-53cv.