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CVE-2025-47940

TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

Published: May 20, 2025Updated: Sep 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-283
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

TYPO3 is an open source, PHP based web content management system. Starting in version 10.0.0 and prior to versions 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, and 13.4.12 LTS, administrator-level backend users without system maintainer privileges can escalate their privileges and gain system maintainer access. Exploiting this vulnerability requires a valid administrator account. Users should update to TYPO3 version 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, or 13.4.12 LTS to fix the problem.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-283

Affected Products

typo3typo3Web & CMS Plugins
typo3TYPO3Web & CMS Plugins
TYPO3TYPO3Web & CMS Plugins
typo3/cms-corePackagistOSS Libraries
typo3oss-projectDEWeb & CMS Pluginsaka typo3cms, typo3 cms
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
github.com
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016
typo3.org
https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/main/en-us/ApiOverview/DataHandler/Introduction/Index.html#introduction
docs.typo3.org
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Timeline

Published
May 20, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 3, 2025

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