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Umbraco Allows Improper API Access Control to Low-Privilege Users to Data Type Functionality

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

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CVEs
CVE-2025-27601
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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2 Nov 2026, 19:58 UTC · Revision 1

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Umbraco Allows Improper API Access Control to Low-Privilege Users to Data Type Functionality

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Mar 2025, 15:30 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2025-27601
Complete source record
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