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Umbraco CMS Backoffice User can bypass "Publish" restriction

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Umbraco is an ASP.NET content management system (CMS). Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to versions 8.18.10, 10.7.0, and 12.3.0, Backoffice users with send for approval permission but not publish permission are able to publish in some scenarios. Versions 8.18.10, 10.7.0, and 12.3.0 contains a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-48227
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 04:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Umbraco CMS Backoffice User can bypass "Publish" restriction

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Dec 2023, 17:12 UTC

Umbraco is an ASP.NET content management system (CMS). Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to versions 8.18.10, 10.7.0, and 12.3.0, Backoffice users with send for approval permission but not publish permission are able to publish in some scenarios. Versions 8.18.10, 10.7.0, and 12.3.0 contains a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.

osv:CVE-2023-48227
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48227",
  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "Umbraco CMS Backoffice User can bypass \"Publish\" restriction",
    "summary": "Umbraco is an ASP.NET content management system (CMS). Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to versions 8.18.10, 10.7.0, and 12.3.0, Backoffice users with send for approval permission but not publish permission are able to publish in some scenarios. Versions 8.18.10, 10.7.0, and 12.3.0 contains a patch for this issue. No known workarounds are available.",
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