Contao discloses information in the news module
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.0.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, if a news feed contains protected news archives, their news items are not filtered and become publicly available in the RSS feed. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.38 and 5.6.1. A workaround involves not adding protected news archives to the news feed page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| contao | contao | 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.3.38; 5.4.0-RC1 to before 5.6.1 | 5.3.38, 5.6.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | contao/core-bundle (Packagist) | 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.3.38 | 5.3.38 | Patch available | GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p |
| — | contao/core-bundle (Packagist) | 5.4.0-RC1 to before 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | Patch available | GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p |
| — | contao/contao (Packagist) | 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.3.38 | 5.3.38 | Patch available | GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p |
| — | contao/contao (Packagist) | 5.4.0-RC1 to before 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | Patch available | GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p |
- contao Vendorcontao Affected 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.3.38; 5.4.0-RC1 to before 5.6.1 Fixed in 5.3.38, 5.6.1 Patch available CNA
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.3.38 Fixed in 5.3.38 Patch available GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.4.0-RC1 to before 5.6.1 Fixed in 5.6.1 Patch available GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p
- contao/contao (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.3.38 Fixed in 5.3.38 Patch available GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p
- contao/contao (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.4.0-RC1 to before 5.6.1 Fixed in 5.6.1 Patch available GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p
Remediation
- Fix · CNA contao (contao) Fixed in 5.3.38, 5.6.1
- Fix · GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Fixed in 5.3.38 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p contao/core-bundle (Packagist) Fixed in 5.6.1 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p contao/contao (Packagist) Fixed in 5.3.38 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p contao/contao (Packagist) Fixed in 5.6.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57757
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p
References
Patch 2
Advisory 2
More Contao vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09661 Contao Managed Edition v1.5.0 was discovered to contain a remote command execution (RCE)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-30849 Unrestricted file upload in Contao CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-18600 Contao cross site scripting vulnerability via input unit widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2022-08709 Cross site scripting via canonical tag CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2019-08602 Contao 4.x allows SQL Injection. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-30447 Remote command execution through file upload in contao/core-bundle CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-57757 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-57757 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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