TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47940",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-47940",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-47940",
        "GHSA-6frx-j292-c844"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/typo3/typo3",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "12.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "12.4.31"
                      }
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "13.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.4.12"
                      }
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v13.4.11",
            "v12.4.30",
            "v13.4.10",
            "v12.4.29",
            "v13.4.9",
            "v13.4.8",
            "v12.4.28",
            "v13.4.7",
            "v13.4.6",
            "v13.4.5",
            "v12.4.27",
            "v13.4.4",
            "v12.4.26",
            "v13.4.3",
            "v12.4.25",
            "v13.4.2",
            "v12.4.24",
            "v13.4.1",
            "v12.4.23",
            "v12.4.22",
            "v13.4.0",
            "v12.4.21",
            "v13.3.0",
            "v12.4.20",
            "v12.4.19",
            "v12.4.18",
            "v12.4.17",
            "v13.2.1",
            "v13.2.0",
            "v12.4.16",
            "v12.4.15",
            "v13.1.0",
            "v12.4.14",
            "v12.4.13",
            "v12.4.12",
            "v12.4.11",
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            "v12.4.10",
            "v12.4.9",
            "v12.4.8",
            "v12.4.7",
            "v12.4.6",
            "v12.4.5",
            "v12.4.4",
            "v12.4.3",
            "v12.4.2",
            "v12.4.1",
            "v12.4.0",
            "v12.3.0",
            "v12.2.0",
            "v12.1.0",
            "v12.0.0"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-47940.json"
          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.444169207Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/47xxx/CVE-2025-47940.json",
        "https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47940",
        "https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-283"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
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                  {
                    "introduced": "10.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "10.4.50"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "11.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "11.5.44"
                  }
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      }
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493070,
  "published_at": "2025-05-20T14:06:07.374+00:00"
}