ghsa-6frx-j292-c844
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-05-20 19:35
Modified
2025-05-20 19:35
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
TYPO3 Allows Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer
Details

Problem

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.

Solution

Update to TYPO3 versions 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, 13.4.12 LTS that fix the problem described.

Credits

Thanks to Alexander Künzl for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Oliver Hader for fixing it.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 10.4.49"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "typo3/cms-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "10.4.0"
            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    },
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      },
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      },
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            }
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        }
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    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
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      },
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      },
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        }
      ]
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    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 13.4.11"
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "typo3/cms-core"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "13.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "13.4.12"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-47940"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-283"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-20T19:35:56Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-20T14:15:50Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Problem\nAdministrator-level backend users without system maintainer privileges can escalate their privileges and gain system maintainer access. Exploiting this vulnerability requires a valid administrator account.\n\n### Solution\nUpdate to TYPO3 versions 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, 13.4.12 LTS that fix the problem described.\n\n### Credits\nThanks to Alexander K\u00fcnzl for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core \u0026 security team member Oliver Hader for fixing it.",
  "id": "GHSA-6frx-j292-c844",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T19:35:56Z",
  "published": "2025-05-20T19:35:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47940"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/core/commit/a659cc8c0ae05c44dd7f01d13629cdd2d0b7219b"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/core"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "TYPO3 Allows Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer"
}


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