CVE-2025-27601 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-285 vulnerability in Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management. A fix is available for Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Umbraco Allows Improper API Access Control to Low-Privilege Users to Data Type Functionality
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-27601.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management | ≥ 15.0.0-rc1&&< 15.2.3 | 15.2.3dotnet add package Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management --version 15.2.3 |
| .NETNuGet | Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management | all versions | 14.3.3dotnet add package Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management --version 14.3.3 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management to 15.2.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-27601 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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