CVE-2025-59020

TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Edit Document Controller

Published Jan 13, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS versions 10.0.0-10.4.54, 11.0.0-11.5.48, 12.0.0-12.4.40, 13.0.0-13.4.22 and 14.0.0-14.0.1.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5j7q-wmh7-cqhg TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Edit Document Controller
History
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

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 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. This issue affects TYPO3 CMS versions 10.0.0-10.4.54, 11.0.0-11.5.48, 12.0.0-12.4.40, 13.0.0-13.4.22 and 14.0.0-14.0.1.
Title TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Edit Document Controller
First Time appeared Typo3
Typo3 typo3
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:typo3:typo3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Typo3
Typo3 typo3
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
TYPO3
Published
Updated
Jan 13, 2026, 4:43 PM
Reserved
Sep 7, 2025, 7:01 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jan 13, 2026, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:45 AM