Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-6frx-j292-c844

TYPO3 Allows Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

Published May 20, 2025Updated May 20, 2025OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2025-47940

Severity

CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

typo3/cms-core Packagist

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Affected	Fixed in
`10.4.0` to before 10.4.50	`10.4.50`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (37) `v10.4.0` `v10.4.1` `v10.4.10` `v10.4.11` `v10.4.12` `v10.4.13` `v10.4.14` `v10.4.15` `v10.4.16` `v10.4.17` `v10.4.18` `v10.4.19` `v10.4.2` `v10.4.20` `v10.4.21` `v10.4.22` `v10.4.23` `v10.4.24` `v10.4.25` `v10.4.26` `v10.4.27` `v10.4.28` `v10.4.29` `v10.4.3` `v10.4.30` `v10.4.31` `v10.4.32` `v10.4.33` `v10.4.34` `v10.4.36` `v10.4.37` `v10.4.4` `v10.4.5` `v10.4.6` `v10.4.7` `v10.4.8` `v10.4.9`
`11.0.0` to before 11.5.44	`11.5.44`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (51) `v11.0.0` `v11.1.0` `v11.1.1` `v11.2.0` `v11.3.0` `v11.3.1` `v11.3.2` `v11.3.3` `v11.4.0` `v11.5.0` `v11.5.1` `v11.5.10` `v11.5.11` `v11.5.12` `v11.5.13` `v11.5.14` `v11.5.15` `v11.5.16` `v11.5.17` `v11.5.18` `v11.5.19` `v11.5.2` `v11.5.20` `v11.5.21` `v11.5.22` `v11.5.23` `v11.5.24` `v11.5.25` `v11.5.26` `v11.5.27` `v11.5.28` `v11.5.29` `v11.5.3` `v11.5.30` `v11.5.31` `v11.5.32` `v11.5.33` `v11.5.34` `v11.5.35` `v11.5.36` `v11.5.37` `v11.5.38` `v11.5.39` `v11.5.4` `v11.5.40` `v11.5.41` `v11.5.5` `v11.5.6` `v11.5.7` `v11.5.8` `v11.5.9`
`12.0.0` to before 12.4.31	`12.4.31`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (38) `v12.0.0` `v12.1.0` `v12.1.1` `v12.1.2` `v12.1.3` `v12.2.0` `v12.3.0` `v12.4.0` `v12.4.1` `v12.4.10` `v12.4.11` `v12.4.12` `v12.4.13` `v12.4.14` `v12.4.15` `v12.4.16` `v12.4.17` `v12.4.18` `v12.4.19` `v12.4.2` `v12.4.20` `v12.4.21` `v12.4.22` `v12.4.23` `v12.4.24` `v12.4.25` `v12.4.26` `v12.4.27` `v12.4.28` `v12.4.29` `v12.4.3` `v12.4.30` `v12.4.4` `v12.4.5` `v12.4.6` `v12.4.7` `v12.4.8` `v12.4.9`
`13.0.0` to before 13.4.12	`13.4.12`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (20) `v13.0.0` `v13.0.1` `v13.1.0` `v13.1.1` `v13.2.0` `v13.2.1` `v13.3.0` `v13.3.1` `v13.4.0` `v13.4.1` `v13.4.10` `v13.4.11` `v13.4.2` `v13.4.3` `v13.4.4` `v13.4.5` `v13.4.6` `v13.4.7` `v13.4.8` `v13.4.9`

Description

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.