CVE-2025-47940

TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

HIGH

7.2

CVSS Score

Published: May 20, 2025 at 02:06 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:28 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorTYPO3

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Severity

HIGH7.2

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

TYPO3 · TYPO3composer

95%

v < 10.4.50v < 11.5.44v < 12.4.31v < 13.4.1210.4.0 ≤ v < 10.4.5011.0.0 ≤ v < 11.5.4412.0.0 ≤ v < 12.4.3113.0.0 ≤ v < 13.4.12

Affected range stops below 10.4.50, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 11.5.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 12.4.31, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 13.4.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHGitHub_M

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: HIGH
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-283

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