Umbraco.Engage.Forms Allows Unauthorized Access to Multiple API Endpoints
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
Umbraco Engage is a business intelligence platform. A vulnerability has been identified in Umbraco Engage prior to versions 16.2.1 and 17.1.1 where certain API endpoints are exposed without enforcing authentication or authorization checks. The affected endpoints can be accessed directly over the network without requiring a valid session or user credentials. By supplying a user-controlled identifier parameter (e.g., ?id=), an attacker can retrieve sensitive data associated with arbitrary records. Because no access control validation is performed, the endpoints are vulnerable to enumeration attacks, allowing attackers to iterate over identifiers and extract data at scale. An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve sensitive Engage-related data by directly querying the affected API endpoints. The vulnerability allows arbitrary record access through predictable or enumerable identifiers. The confidentiality impact is considered high. No direct integrity or availability impact has been identified. The scope of exposed data depends on the deployment but may include analytics data, tracking data, customer-related information, or other Engage-managed content. The vulnerability affects both v16 and v17. Patches have already been released. Users are advised to update to 16.2.1 or 17.1.1. No known workarounds are available.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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.Engage.Forms | before 16.2.1; 17.0.0 to before 17.1.1 | 16.2.1, 17.1.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | Umbraco.Engage.Forms (NuGet) | 16.0.0 to before 16.2.1 | 16.2.1 | Patch available | GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62 |
| — | Umbraco.Engage.Forms (NuGet) | 17.0.0 to before 17.1.1 | 17.1.1 | Patch available | GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62 |
- Umbraco.Engage.Forms Vendorumbraco Affected before 16.2.1; 17.0.0 to before 17.1.1 Fixed in 16.2.1, 17.1.1 Patch available CNA
- Umbraco.Engage.Forms (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 16.0.0 to before 16.2.1 Fixed in 16.2.1 Patch available GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62
- Umbraco.Engage.Forms (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 17.0.0 to before 17.1.1 Fixed in 17.1.1 Patch available GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Umbraco.Engage.Forms (umbraco) Fixed in 16.2.1, 17.1.1
- Fix · GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62 Umbraco.Engage.Forms (NuGet) Fixed in 16.2.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62 Umbraco.Engage.Forms (NuGet) Fixed in 17.1.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27449
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62
- 2026-10-24 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
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Sources
- CVE-2026-27449 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-27449 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-86vq-ccwf-rm62 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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