CVE-2025-57759

Contao has improper privilege management for page and article fields

Published Aug 28, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-26124 Contao does not properly manage privileges for page and article fields
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qqfq-7cpp-hcqj Contao does not properly manage privileges for page and article fields
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Contao
Contao contao
Vendors & Products Contao
Contao contao
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Contao has improper privilege management for page and article fields
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 28, 2025, 5:16 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2025, 3:16 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 28, 2025, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:43 AM