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CVE-2025-59020: TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Edit Document Controller

Analyzed
Published 13-01-2026Last modified 13-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-59020 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in typo3. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 13-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.32% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Typo32 products
  • typo3≥ 10.0.0, < 10.4.55 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.5.49 | ≥ 12.0.0, < 12.4.41 | ≥ 13.0.0, < 13.4.23 | ≥ 14.0.0, < 14.0.2
  • typo3 cms≥ 10.0.0, < 10.4.55 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.5.49 | ≥ 12.0.0, < 12.4.41 | ≥ 13.0.0, < 13.4.23 | ≥ 14.0.0, < 14.0.2

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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