Umbraco.Cms: XSS/HTML Injection in Umbraco Backoffice confirmation dialog
Priority LOW 20CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. From version 14.0.0 to before version 17.4.0, authenticated users are able to inject HTML into an input field, which is rendered in the confirmation dialog without proper output encoding. This issue has been patched in version 17.4.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00136 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Umbraco-CMS (umbraco): 17.4.0Umbraco.Cms (NuGet): 17.4.0
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 | 14.0.0 to before 17.4.0 | 17.4.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | Umbraco.Cms (NuGet) | 14.0.0 to before 17.4.0 | 17.4.0 | Patch available | GHSA-vr9v-27gg-qgx4 |
- Umbraco-CMS Vendorumbraco Affected 14.0.0 to before 17.4.0 Fixed in 17.4.0 Patch available CNA
- Umbraco.Cms (NuGet) Vendor— Affected 14.0.0 to before 17.4.0 Fixed in 17.4.0 Patch available GHSA-vr9v-27gg-qgx4
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Umbraco-CMS (umbraco) Fixed in 17.4.0
- Fix · GHSA-vr9v-27gg-qgx4 Umbraco.Cms (NuGet) Fixed in 17.4.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46609
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vr9v-27gg-qgx4
References
More Umbraco Cms vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-41183 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Umbraco CMS v16.3.3 allows attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2012-05477 Umbraco CMS < 4.7.1 codeEditorSave.asmx RCE CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2021-22392 Umbraco v8.14.1 - 'baseUrl' SSRF CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2024-36846 A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Umbraco CMS v14.3.1 allows attackers… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2019-15240 Umbraco CMS 4.11.8 through 7.15.10, and 7.12.4, allows Remote Code Execution by… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2020-04738 Cross-site scripting in Umbraco CMS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-46609 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46609 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vr9v-27gg-qgx4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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