Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Assigned by TYPO3

CVE-2025-59020TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Edit Document Controller

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in TYPO3 CMS from TYPO3. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

By exploiting the defVals parameter, attackers could bypass field‑level access checks during record creation in the TYPO3 backend. This gave them the ability to insert arbitrary data into prohibited exclude fields of a database table for which the user already has write permission for a reduced set of fields. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS versions 10.0.0-10.4.54, 11.0.0-11.5.48, 12.0.0-12.4.40, 13.0.0-13.4.22 and 14.0.0-14.0.1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	typo3/cms-backend	14.0.2	GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg
Packagist	typo3/cms-backend	13.4.23	GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg
Packagist	typo3/cms-backend	12.4.41	GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg
Packagist	typo3/cms-backend	11.5.49	GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg
Packagist	typo3/cms-backend	10.4.55	GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
TYPO3	TYPO3 CMS	10.0.0 – before 10.4.5511.0.0 – before 11.5.4912.0.0 – before 12.4.4113.0.0 – before 13.4.2314.0.0 – before 14.0.2

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-001 vendor-advisory
Git commit of main branch patch
Git commit of 13.4 branch patch
Git commit of 12.4 branch patch