Umbraco Allows Improper API Access Control to Low-Privilege Users to Data Type Functionality
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system. An improper API access control issue has been identified Umbraco's API management package prior to versions 15.2.3 and 14.3.3, allowing low-privilege, authenticated users to create and update data type information that should be restricted to users with access to the settings section. The issue is patched in versions 15.2.3 and 14.3.3. No known workarounds are available.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| umbraco | Umbraco-CMS | 15.0.0-rc1 to before 15.2.3; before 14.3.3 | 15.2.3, 14.3.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management (NuGet) | 15.0.0-rc1 to before 15.2.3 | 15.2.3 | Patch available | GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x |
| — | Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management (NuGet) | before 14.3.3 | 14.3.3 | Patch available | GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x |
- Umbraco-CMS Vendorumbraco Affected 15.0.0-rc1 to before 15.2.3; before 14.3.3 Fixed in 15.2.3, 14.3.3 Patch available CNA
- Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 15.0.0-rc1 to before 15.2.3 Fixed in 15.2.3 Patch available GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x
- Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management (NuGet) Vendor— Affected before 14.3.3 Fixed in 14.3.3 Patch available GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Umbraco-CMS (umbraco) Fixed in 15.2.3, 14.3.3
- Fix · GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management (NuGet) Fixed in 15.2.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management (NuGet) Fixed in 14.3.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-27601
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x
References
Patch 2
Advisory 2
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Sources
- CVE-2025-27601 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-27601 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6ffg-mjg7-585x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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