CVE-2025-47940

TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Multiple

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-05-14 CVE Reserved
2025-05-20 CVE Published
2025-05-20 CVE Updated
2025-06-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-283: Unverified Ownership

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844	X_refsource_confirm
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
TYPO3 Search vendor "TYPO3"		Typo3 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3"				>= 10.0.0 < 10.4.50 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3" and version " >= 10.0.0 < 10.4.50"		en		Affected
TYPO3 Search vendor "TYPO3"		Typo3 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3"				>= 11.0.0 < 11.5.44 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3" and version " >= 11.0.0 < 11.5.44"		en		Affected
TYPO3 Search vendor "TYPO3"		Typo3 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3"				>= 12.0.0 < 12.4.31 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3" and version " >= 12.0.0 < 12.4.31"		en		Affected
TYPO3 Search vendor "TYPO3"		Typo3 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3"				>= 13.0.0 < 13.4.12 Search vendor "TYPO3" for product "Typo3" and version " >= 13.0.0 < 13.4.12"		en		Affected