Possible Kentico Xperience Staging Sync Authentication Bypass via SyncServer Endpoint (via webserver)

ATT&CK techniques

Initial Access

Recon
Resource Dev
Initial Access
- T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application
Execution
Persistence
Priv Esc
Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
Exfiltration
Impact

What it detects

This rule detects requests to the Kentico Xperience staging synchronization web service which is abused in the pre-auth RCE chain to upload objects after a password digest authentication bypass. Access to this SOAP endpoint from untrusted sources should be reviewed.

Reporting behind it

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Possible Kentico Xperience Staging Sync Authentication Bypass via SyncServer Endpoint (via webserver)

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