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Umbraco CMS vulnerable to Privilege Escalation using Spoofing

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, 10.8.1, and 12.3.4, users with low privileges (Editor, etc.) are able to access some unintended endpoints. Versions 8.18.10, 10.8.1, and 12.3.4 contain a patch for this issue.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-49273
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 07:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Umbraco CMS vulnerable to Privilege Escalation using Spoofing

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Dec 2023, 19:05 UTC

Umbraco is an ASP.NET content management system (CMS). Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to versions 8.18.10, 10.8.1, and 12.3.4, users with low privileges (Editor, etc.) are able to access some unintended endpoints. Versions 8.18.10, 10.8.1, and 12.3.4 contain a patch for this issue.

osv:CVE-2023-49273
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49273",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Umbraco CMS vulnerable to Privilege Escalation using Spoofing",
    "summary": "Umbraco is an ASP.NET content management system (CMS). Starting in version 8.0.0 and prior to versions 8.18.10, 10.8.1, and 12.3.4, users with low privileges (Editor, etc.) are able to access some unintended endpoints. Versions 8.18.10, 10.8.1, and 12.3.4 contain a patch for this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-49273",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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        "GHSA-cfr5-7p54-4qg8"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493265,
  "published_at": "2023-12-12T19:05:39.361+00:00"
}