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CVE-2025-53693

Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Sitecore Sitecore Ex

Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in Sitecore Experience Manager (XM), Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) allows Cache Poisoning.This issue affects Sitecore Experience Manager (XM): from 9.0 through 9.3, from 10.0 through 10.4.

Experience Platform (XP): from 9.0 through 9.3, from 10.0 through 10.4.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00697
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-470Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')
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Affected Products & Versions

5
sitecore experience commerce>= 9.0 and <= 10.4
sitecore experience manager>= 9.0 and <= 10.4
sitecore experience platform>= 9.0 and < 10.4
sitecore experience platformall versions
sitecore managed cloudall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
poclabs.watchtowr.com · cache-me-if-you-can-sitecore-experience-platform-cache-po...labs.watchtowr.com
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · 9947ef80-c5d5-474a-bbab-97341a59000e
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Sep 2025 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1003667Vendor Advisory
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