# CVE-2025-34509: Sitecore XM and XP Hardcoded Credentials

> Unauthenticated attackers can use hardcoded credentials to access administrative APIs in Sitecore XM and XP, leading to unauthorized control.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g93f-92gj-4q4x

## What is CVE-2025-34509?

CVE-2025-34509 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sitecore Experience Manager, published on 17 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-34509?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Sitecore Experience Commerce, Sitecore Experience Manager, Sitecore Experience Platform, Sitecore Managed Cloud.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-34509?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-34509 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-34509 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34509 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) and Experience Platform (XP) - Hardcoded Credentials (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-34509.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Sitecore Experience Manager

- [CVE-2025-53690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53690/): Sitecore Multiple Products Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 9.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-53693](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53693/): HTML Cache Poisoning through Unsafe Reflections (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-35813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35813/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-53691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53691/): Sitecore Experience Remote Code Execution through Insecure Deserialization (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-34510](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34510/): Sitecore XM, XC, and XP Post-Auth RCE via Zip Slip (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-34509 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-34509 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sitecore Experience Manager, published on 17 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-34509 exists.

Affected product: Sitecore Experience Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34509/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34509/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-34509
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34509
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-34509

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34509/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.