CVE-2025-47940 (GCVE-0-2025-47940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-20 14:06 – Updated: 2025-05-20 14:35
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Summary
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.
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7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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TYPO3 typo3 Affected: >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.50
Affected: >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.44
Affected: >= 12.0.0, < 12.4.31
Affected: >= 13.0.0, < 13.4.12
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