CVE-2025-32017 Umbraco has a Management API Vulnerability to Path Traversal With Authenticated Users
Authenticated users can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the management API to upload files to incorrect locations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-32017?
CVE-2025-32017 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Umbraco Umbraco Cms, published on 8 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system. Authenticated users to the Umbraco backoffice are able to craft management API request that exploit a path traversal vulnerability to upload files into a incorrect location. The issue affects Umbraco 14+ and is patched in 14.3.4 and 15.3.1.
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32017?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including Umbraco.Cms. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Umbraco.Cms NuGet | From 14.0.0--preview004 | 14.3.4 |
Umbraco.Cms NuGet | From 14.0.0--preview004 | 14.3.4 |
Umbraco.Cms NuGet | From 15.0.0-rc1 | 15.3.1 |
Umbraco.Cms NuGet | From 15.0.0-rc1 | 15.3.1 |
Products include Umbraco Umbraco Cms.
How do I fix CVE-2025-32017?
Upgrade Umbraco.Cms to a fixed version for your release line: 14.3.4 or 15.3.1.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-32017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Umbraco Umbraco Cms
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q62r-8ppj-xvf4.