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Contao has improper access control in the back end voters

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.0.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, the table access voter in the back end doesn't check if a user is allowed to access the corresponding module. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.38 and 5.6.1. A workaround involves not relying solely on the voter and additionally to check USER_CAN_ACCESS_MODULE.

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CVEs
CVE-2025-57758
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4 Nov 2026, 16:25 UTC · Revision 1

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Contao has improper access control in the back end voters

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Aug 2025, 16:32 UTC

Contao is an Open Source CMS. In versions starting from 5.0.0 and prior to 5.3.38 and 5.6.1, the table access voter in the back end doesn't check if a user is allowed to access the corresponding module. This issue has been patched in versions 5.3.38 and 5.6.1. A workaround involves not relying solely on the voter and additionally to check USER_CAN_ACCESS_MODULE.

osv:CVE-2025-57758
Complete source record
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