CVE-2025-57759: contao Privilege Escalation — Fix

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.

Is your site exposed to CVE-2025-57759?

Run a free security scan — no signup, results in seconds.

CVSS v3.1 Score

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-269 CWE-269

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
contao	contao	5.3.0 — 5.3.38
contao	contao	5.4.0 — 5.6.1

References

Advisories & Patches

https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/improper-privilege-management-for-page-and-article-fields https://github.com/contao/contao/commit/80ee7db12d55ad979d9b1b180f273d4e2668851f https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-qqfq-7cpp-hcqj

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-57759? +

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. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-57759? +

CVE-2025-57759 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance.

What products are affected by CVE-2025-57759? +

CVE-2025-57759 affects products from contao, specifically: contao. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2025-57759? +

You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

Related Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-9490

A security vulnerability has been identified in Acer Care Center where the ACCSvc service creates a Named Pipe with a …

CVE-2026-9489

NitroSense 3.x before 3.01.3052 contains Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a custom …

CVE-2026-7483

Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.

CVE-2026-12502

Improper Privilege Management (CWE-269) in `/usr/bin/ltsudo` in Loytec LIP-ME201C, L-INX, L-GATE, L-ROC, L-IOB, L-DALI, L-VIS and L-PAD through 8.4.16 on …

CVE-2026-8069

PredatorSense version 3.00.3136 to 3.00.3196 contain Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability.The program exposes a Windows Named Pipe that uses a …

CVE-2026-0276

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks Cortex® XDR Broker VM enables a locally authenticated user to perform actions …

CVE-2025-57759