CVE-2026-31834

Umbraco Affected by Vertical Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization Checks

Published Mar 10, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rhcg-3h8r-v6vp Umbraco Affected by Vertical Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization Checks
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:umbraco:umbraco_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Umbraco
Umbraco umbraco Cms
Vendors & Products Umbraco
Umbraco umbraco Cms
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Description 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.
Title Umbraco Affected by Vertical Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization Checks
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-284
CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 11, 2026, 3:58 PM
Reserved
Mar 9, 2026, 5:41 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 10, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:34 AM