# CVE-2025-34509: Sitecore XM and XP Hardcoded Credentials

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-17
- CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1)
- EPSS: 55.9% (99th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-798

Sitecore Experience Manager (XM) and Experience Platform (XP) versions 10.1 to 10.1.4 rev. 011974 PRE, all versions of 10.2, 10.3 to 10.3.3 rev. 011967 PRE, and 10.4 to 10.4.1 rev. 011941 PRE contain a hardcoded user account. Unauthenticated and remote attackers can use this account to access administrative API over HTTP.

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-08-04 | 48 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-12-03 | 169 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-08-04 · new · rule 06d1fe0bd6e44d868e6b910b5045a97f · default Block
  > Sitecore - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2025-34509. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-08-04-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-12-03 · new · rule 200013142
  > Added: signature 200013142 "Sitecore Hardcoded Credentials" (Authentication/Authorization Attacks, risk High), systems: ASP, ASP.NET. References: CVE-2025-34509.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

## Our test (measured)

- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 1, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: passed (0 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-34509, 2026-11-02
- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 2, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: passed (0 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-34509, 2026-11-02

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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