# CVE-2025-27602: Umbraco Allows a Restricted Editor User to Delete Media Item or Access Unauthorized Content

- Also known as: GHSA-WX5H-WQFQ-V698
- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.8.9, 13.7.1
- Published: 2025-03-11 · Updated: 2025-03-11

## Affected

- umbraco Umbraco-CMS: fixed in 10.8.9; from 11.0.0-rc1, fixed in 13.7.1
- Umbraco.Cms.Web.Backoffice (NuGet): fixed in 10.8.9
- Umbraco.Cms.Web.Backoffice (NuGet): from 11.0.0-rc1, fixed in 13.7.1

## Description

Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system. In versions of Umbraco's web backoffice program prior to versions 10.8.9 and 13.7.1, via manipulation of backoffice API URLs, it's possible for authenticated backoffice users to retrieve or delete content or media held within folders the editor does not have access to. The issue is patched in versions 10.8.9 and 13.7.1. No known workarounds are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on umbraco Umbraco-CMS, Umbraco.Cms.Web.Backoffice, upgrade to a fixed version (10.8.9, 13.7.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/security/advisories/GHSA-wx5h-wqfq-v698
- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/5b54bed406682ceff57903bf7d3c57814eef31a7
- https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/commit/7888b9a4ce5ae7f9bda7ff3bb705b8fcd2f1675d

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