TYPO3 Allows Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer
### 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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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-47940US | — | — | ||
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, adminis… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/corePACKAGE
- https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/core/commit/a659cc8c0ae05c44dd7f01d13629cdd2d0b7219bWEB
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47940ADVISORY
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016WEB
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