Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-57756Contao discloses sensitive information in the front end search index

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in contao from contao. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 77.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 4.9.14 and prior to 4.13.56, 5.3.38, and 5.6.1, protected content elements that are rendered as fragments are indexed and become publicly available in the front end search. This issue has been patched in versions 4.13.56, 5.3.38, and 5.6.1. A workaround involves disabling the front end search.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	contao/contao	4.13.56	GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475
Packagist	contao/contao	5.3.38	GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475
Packagist	contao/contao	5.6.1	GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475
Packagist	contao/core-bundle	4.13.56	GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475
Packagist	contao/core-bundle	5.3.38	GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475
Packagist	contao/core-bundle	5.6.1	GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
contao	contao	>= 4.9.14, < 4.13.56>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.3.38>= 5.4.0-RC1, < 5.6.1

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-612 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/a03976c459b6f3985a28f6488b82a76ffb6c0514 x_refsource_MISC
https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/information-disclosure-in-the-front-end-search-index x_refsource_MISC