CVE-2026-31834 PUBLISHED

Umbraco Affected by Vertical Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization Checks

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.03.2026 Published: 10.03.2026 Updated: 10.03.2026

Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. From 15.3.1 to before 16.5.1 and 17.2.2, A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Umbraco CMS. Under certain conditions, authenticated backoffice users with permission to manage users, may be able to elevate their privileges due to insufficient authorization enforcement when modifying user group memberships. The affected functionality does not properly validate whether a user has sufficient privileges to assign highly privileged roles. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.5.1 and 17.2.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor umbraco
Product Umbraco-CMS
Versions
  • Version >= 15.3.1, < 16.5.1 is affected
  • Version >= 17.0.0, < 17.2.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE
  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE