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TI-2025-30333 Aliases CVE-2025-47940GHSA-6frx-j292-c844

TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

Priority LOW 34CWE-283Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00456 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed typo3 (TYPO3): 10.4.50, 11.5.44, 12.4.31 +1typo3/cms-core (Packagist): 10.4.50, 11.5.44, 12.4.31 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TYPO3typo310.0.0 to before 10.4.50; 11.0.0 to before 11.5.44; 12.0.0 to before 12.4.31; 13.0.0 to before 13.4.1210.4.50, 11.5.44, 12.4.31, 13.4.12Patch availableCNA
—typo3/cms-core (Packagist)10.4.0 to before 10.4.5010.4.50Patch availableGHSA-6frx-j292-c844
—typo3/cms-core (Packagist)11.0.0 to before 11.5.4411.5.44Patch availableGHSA-6frx-j292-c844
—typo3/cms-core (Packagist)12.0.0 to before 12.4.3112.4.31Patch availableGHSA-6frx-j292-c844
—typo3/cms-core (Packagist)13.0.0 to before 13.4.1213.4.12Patch availableGHSA-6frx-j292-c844
  • typo3 VendorTYPO3 Affected 10.0.0 to before 10.4.50; 11.0.0 to before 11.5.44; 12.0.0 to before 12.4.31; 13.0.0 to before 13.4.12 Fixed in 10.4.50, 11.5.44, 12.4.31, 13.4.12 Patch available CNA
  • typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 10.4.0 to before 10.4.50 Fixed in 10.4.50 Patch available GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
  • typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 11.0.0 to before 11.5.44 Fixed in 11.5.44 Patch available GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
  • typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 12.0.0 to before 12.4.31 Fixed in 12.4.31 Patch available GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
  • typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 13.0.0 to before 13.4.12 Fixed in 13.4.12 Patch available GHSA-6frx-j292-c844

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.4.0 to before 10.4.50; 11.0.0 to before 11.5.44; 12.0.0 to before 12.4.31; 13.0.0 to before 13.4.12VulnerableTYPO3
  • cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.4.0 to before 10.4.50; 11.0.0 to before 11.5.44; 12.0.0 to before 12.4.31; 13.0.0 to before 13.4.12 Vulnerable ·TYPO3

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA typo3 (TYPO3) Fixed in 10.4.50, 11.5.44, 12.4.31, 13.4.12
  • Fix · GHSA-6frx-j292-c844 typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Fixed in 10.4.50 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-6frx-j292-c844 typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Fixed in 11.5.44 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-6frx-j292-c844 typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Fixed in 12.4.31 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-6frx-j292-c844 typo3/cms-core (Packagist) Fixed in 13.4.12 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-47940
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6frx-j292-c844

References

Advisory 3

Other 2

  • TI-2023-10314 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2010-03538 The jumpUrl (aka access tracking) implementation in tslib/class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2009-00775 The jumpUrl mechanism in class.tslib_fe.php in TYPO3 3.3.x through 3.8.x, 4.0 before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2009-00241 The Indexed Search Engine (indexed_search) system extension in TYPO3 4.0.0 through 4.0.9… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2020-08940 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes in TYPO3 CMS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2011-03994 Improper authentication in TYPO3 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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