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Vulnerability · Published May 20, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-47940TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in typo3 from TYPO3. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Packagisttypo3/cms-core10.4.50GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
Packagisttypo3/cms-core11.5.44GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
Packagisttypo3/cms-core12.4.31GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
Packagisttypo3/cms-core13.4.12GHSA-6frx-j292-c844

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
TYPO3 typo3 >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.50>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.44>= 12.0.0, < 12.4.31>= 13.0.0, < 13.4.12

Weakness: CWE-283 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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