CVE-2025-57759
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.3.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, under certain conditions, back end users may be able to edit fields of pages and articles without having the necessary permissions. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.38 and 5.6.1. There are no workarounds.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (12)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1920Contao: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-08-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Contao ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, und um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-qqfq-7cpp-hcqjContao does not properly manage privileges for page and article fields2025-08-28ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Under certain conditions, back end users may be able to edit fields of pages and articles without having the necessary permissions. ### Patches Update to Contao 5.3.38 or 5.6.1. ### Workarounds None. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in [contao/contao](https://github.com/contao/contao/issues/new/choose).
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sources
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references (12)
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- https://contao.org/en/downloadPatchcnnvd
- https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/improper-privilege-management-for-page-and-article-fieldscnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/80ee7db12d55ad979d9b1b180f273d4e2668851fcnnvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-qqfq-7cpp-hcqjcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57759cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Contao-write-access-via-Page-Article-Fields-48083cnnvd
- https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/improper-privilege-management-for-page-and-article-fieldsenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/80ee7db12d55ad979d9b1b180f273d4e2668851fenisa_euvd
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