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CVE-2025-47940

Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

Severity
High 7.2
Published
20 May 2025
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
10.4.50, 11.5.44, 12.4.31, 13.4.12
Also known as
GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
Sources
NVD, Project advisories (GitHub)

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…

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
TYPO3Servers and applications · cpe:a:typo3:typo3
  • From 10.4.0 before 10.4.50
  • From 11.0.0 before 11.5.44
  • From 12.0.0 before 12.4.31
  • From 13.0.0 before 13.4.12
TYPO3Servers and applications · github:typo3/typo3
  • From 13.0.0 before 13.4.12

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47940
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47940
  • GitHub Advisory Database https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
  • github.com https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844