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CVE-2025-57759

Contao has improper privilege management for page and article fields

Published: Aug 28, 2025Updated: Sep 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-269
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.3.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, under certain conditions, back end users may be able to edit fields of pages and articles without having the necessary permissions. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.38 and 5.6.1. There are no workarounds.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

contaocontao
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
contao/core-bundlePackagistOSS Libraries
contao/contaoPackagistOSS Libraries
contaooss-projectDEWeb & CMS Pluginsaka contao cms
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/improper-privilege-management-for-page-and-article-fields
contao.org
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/80ee7db12d55ad979d9b1b180f273d4e2668851f
github.com
https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-qqfq-7cpp-hcqj
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 28, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 2, 2025

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