GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Packagist
GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Edit Document Controller
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-59020
- Ecosystem
- Packagist
- Packages
- typo3/cms-backend
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-01-13
Affected packages
• Packagist typo3/cms-backend: >= 14.0.0, < 14.0.2 → fixed in 14.0.2
• Packagist typo3/cms-backend: >= 13.0.0, < 13.4.23 → fixed in 13.4.23
• Packagist typo3/cms-backend: >= 12.0.0, < 12.4.41 → fixed in 12.4.41
• Packagist typo3/cms-backend: >= 11.0.0, < 11.5.49 → fixed in 11.5.49
• Packagist typo3/cms-backend: >= 10.0.0, < 10.4.55 → fixed in 10.4.55
Description
Problem
By exploiting the `defVals` parameter, attackers could bypass field‑level access checks during record creation in the TYPO3 backend. This gave them the ability to insert arbitrary data into prohibited exclude fields of a database table for which the user already has write permission for a reduced set of fields.
Solution
Update to TYPO3 versions 10.4.55 ELTS, 11.5.49 ELTS, 12.4.41 LTS, 13.4.23 LTS, 14.0.2 that fix the problem described.
Credits
Thanks to Daniel Windloff for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Benjamin Franzke for fixing it.
References
• TYPO3-CORE-SA-2026-001
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-59020 By exploiting the defVals parameter, attackers could bypass field‑level access checks during record creation in the TYPO3 backend. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59020 advisory
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ac3f792bd5ab7c58153fc1075cb9e001c9cebe3b web
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/cd11a19958d823d12d028f9345b41739c7e70118 web
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/fb98378a8fd30dd50d89a3d1a420780819f38232 web
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3 package
- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-001 web