CVE-2025-47940: TYPO3 CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to System Maintainer
Description
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.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-47940
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Problem Types
CWE-283: Unverified OwnershipAffected Products
Vendor: TYPO3
Product: typo3
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 14.55% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-06-18 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: total
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47940https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-6frx-j292-c844
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-016