Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2025-53690

Sitecore Multiple Products Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

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.

CheckOps priority index
7.8/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity9.0
Probability6.1
Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 60.6% higher than 99.1% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 9.0 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:
Exploited for 425 days 04 Sept 2025
CISA due date 25 Sept 2025 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010025 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)04 Sept 2025
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)04 Sept 2025
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %60.6%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

Experience Platform (XP)Experience Manager (XM)Multiple Products
Affected versions
  • 0 ≤9.0
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 60.6%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2019-9875Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) Deserialization Vulnerability
    6.1 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2019-9874Sitecore CMS and Experience Platform (XP) Deserialization Vulnerability
    8.8 · Background exploitation
  • CVE-2021-42237Sitecore XP Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
    9.8 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities