Which products and versions are affected by CVE-2025-53690?

Affected: Experience Commerce (Sitecore); Experience Manager (Sitecore); Experience Platform (Sitecore), among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.

Is CVE-2025-53690 being exploited in the wild?

It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since Sep 3, 2025.

Is CVE-2025-53690 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. It was added on Sep 4, 2025 with a federal remediation due date of Sep 25, 2025.

Is there a public exploit for CVE-2025-53690?

Public exploit code is available.

Is there a fix for CVE-2025-53690?

Fixed versions are available, including Experience Commerce <=9.0, Experience Manager <=9.0, Experience Platform <=9.0.

How urgently should CVE-2025-53690 be patched?

Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2025-53690

Q: What is CVE-2025-53690?

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.

Q: How urgently should CVE-2025-53690 be patched?

Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

CriticalExploitedPublic exploit

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.

Published Sep 10, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Also known as TR-25-0229

Key Facts

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CVE-2025-53690 is a critical-severity vulnerability (CVSS 9.0 v3.1) affecting Experience Commerce (Sitecore), Experience Manager (Sitecore), Experience Platform (Sitecore) and 3 more products.
It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since Sep 3, 2025. Public exploit code is available.
EPSS estimates a 61% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Fixed versions are available, including Experience Commerce <=9.0, Experience Manager <=9.0, Experience Platform <=9.0.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

CVSS v3.1

9.0

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS (30-day exploit likelihood)

61%

Higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs

Exploited in the wild

Yes

4 catalog listings

Public exploit code

Available

Proof-of-concept or weaponized module

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Description

Known-Exploited Catalog Listings

Catalog	Added	Remediation due	Ransomware use
CISA KEV	Sep 4, 2025	Sep 25, 2025	Not reported
Industry KEV feed	Sep 3, 2025	Sep 25, 2025	Not reported
CIRCL KEV	Sep 4, 2025	Sep 25, 2025	Not reported
ENISA EUVD	Sep 4, 2025	n/a	Not reported

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

Affected Products

6 affected entries in total

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Experience CommerceSitecore	See advisory	9.0
Experience ManagerSitecore	See advisory	9.0
Experience PlatformSitecore	See advisory	9.0
Managed CloudSitecore	See advisory	n/a
Experience Manager (XM)	See advisory	n/a

1 more affected products in the full CVE brief

Patched Releases

Experience Commerce

<=9.0

Experience Manager

<=9.0

Experience Platform

<=9.0

Timeline

Added to Industry KEV feed
Sep 3, 2025
Added to CISA KEV
Sep 4, 2025
Added to CIRCL KEV
Sep 4, 2025
Added to ENISA EUVD
Sep 4, 2025
Publicly disclosed
Sep 10, 2025
Last updated
Feb 26, 2026

Weakness Type

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

advisoryhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53690
advisoryhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53693
advisoryhttps://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1003865
advisoryUSOM advisory
exploitVulnCheck exploitation report

10 more references in the full CVE brief

FAQ

Common Questions.

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.
Affected: Experience Commerce (Sitecore); Experience Manager (Sitecore); Experience Platform (Sitecore), among others. The full list is in the CVE brief.
It is exploited in the wild, listed in CISA KEV, Industry KEV feed, CIRCL KEV, ENISA EUVD since Sep 3, 2025.
Yes. It was added on Sep 4, 2025 with a federal remediation due date of Sep 25, 2025.
Public exploit code is available.
Fixed versions are available, including Experience Commerce <=9.0, Experience Manager <=9.0, Experience Platform <=9.0.
Brandefense priority: patch immediately, because it is listed as exploited in the wild.

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