CVE-2025-53690
Sitecore Products ViewState Deserialization Vulnerability
- Critical 9.0
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 4 Sep 2025
Description
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Sitecore Experience Manager (XM), Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) allows Code Injection.This issue affects Experience Manager (XM): through 9.0; Experience Platform (XP): through 9.0.
Key facts
- Published
- 3 Sep 2025
- Last changed
- 26 Feb 2026
- Assigned by
- Wiz
- KEV added
- 4 Sep 2025
- KEV fix due
- 25 Sep 2025
- EPSS
- 60.71% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.163% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 9.0CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom the CNA (Wiz)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
CAPEC-242 Code Injection (CNA impact statement)
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sitecore | Experience Manager (XM) |
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| Sitecore | Experience Platform (XP) |
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Timeline
- 3 Sep 2025 Published
- 4 Sep 2025 CVE-2025-53690 added to CISA KEV
- 4 Sep 2025 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue