Tests whether a user or role has specific access rights to a Sitecore item by its path.
AI agents call security-test-item-acl-by-path to retrieve information from SitecoreMCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool performs a security audit query to determine existing access permissions. It reads and returns authorization metadata without side effects, making it a Read category tool with low severity. The worst case for misuse is information disclosure about permissions, which is contained compared to Write, Execute, or Destructive categories.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate 'Tests whether a user or role has specific access rights' — this is a query/check operation that retrieves ACL (Access Control List) information without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Tests whether a user or role has specific access rights to a Sitecore item by its path. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SitecoreMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sitecore MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for security-test-item-acl-by-path: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches SitecoreMCP. Nothing to install.
security-test-item-acl-by-path is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the security-test-item-acl-by-path rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for security-test-item-acl-by-path. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
security-test-item-acl-by-path is provided by the Sitecore MCP server (ramseur/mcp-sitecore-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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