Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TYPO3 Open Source CMS
CVE-2025-47940

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Typo3

Status
Typo3
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 May 2025

What is CVE-2025-47940?

TYPO3, a widely used open source PHP-based web content management system, has a vulnerability that allows administrator-level backend users lacking system maintainer privileges to escalate their access to system maintainer levels. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have a valid administrator account. This issue affects versions prior to the following releases: 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, and 13.4.12 LTS. Users are advised to upgrade to the patched versions to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

typo3 >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.50 < 10.0.0, 10.4.50

typo3 >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.44 < 11.0.0, 11.5.44

typo3 >= 12.0.0, < 12.4.31 < 12.0.0, 12.4.31

References

https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6...
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https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-47940 : Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in TYPO3 Open Source CMS