Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Kentico Xperience sites using affected Email Marketing templates could let a logged-in administration user store malicious script in a template. When another user views or interacts with that content, the script may run in their browser, risking data exposure or account misuse within the CMS context.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate-priority CMS security update. Prioritize environments with many administrators, external CMS access, or sensitive customer communications. The issue is not currently cited as actively exploited, but stored XSS can support credential theft and session abuse.
Technical view
CVE-2022-50680 is a stored cross-site scripting issue in Kentico Xperience Email Marketing templates, reported for versions up to 13.0.92. It requires low privileges and user interaction. The CVSS v4.0 score is 5.1, with limited confidentiality and integrity impact and no reported availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant for organizations running Kentico Xperience with Email Marketing enabled and administrative users who can edit templates. Public internet exposure of the CMS increases business risk, but the cited sources indicate authentication is required.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not identify active exploitation, and this CVE is not marked as CISA KEV. Abuse would depend on an attacker having administrative access or compromising an account that can modify email marketing templates.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE record, vendor hotfix reference, and VulnCheck advisory. The affected range is stated as Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.92. Do not assume broader Kentico products or active exploitation without additional vendor or threat-intelligence confirmation.
Mitigation direction
- Review Kentico’s hotfix guidance for CVE-2022-50680 and affected Xperience versions.
- Apply the relevant Kentico hotfix or upgrade path from the vendor hotfix page.
- Restrict CMS administration access to trusted users only.
- Review roles that can edit Email Marketing templates.
- Monitor vendor and advisory pages for updated remediation details.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Kentico Xperience instances and their exact hotfix levels.
- Identify whether any instance is at or below 13.0.92.
- Confirm Email Marketing template editing is limited to required roles.
- Review recent template changes for unexpected script content.
- Verify hotfix application through Kentico-supported version reporting.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.1 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
5.1MediumVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Kentico DevNet HotfixesCVE reference · vendor-advisory, patch
- VulnCheck Advisory: Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.92 Email Marketing Stored XSSCVE reference · third-party-advisory
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CWE details
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