🛡️ CVE-2025-57759 — contao
Description
Contao does not properly manage privileges for page and article fields
Impact
Under certain conditions, back end users may be able to edit fields of pages and articles without having the necessary permissions.
Patches
Update to Contao 5.3.38 or 5.6.1.
Workarounds
None.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in [contao/contao](https://github.com/contao/contao/issues/new/choose).
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2025-57759 is classified as CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. Privileges are assigned, dropped or restored incorrectly, leaving an actor with more access than intended.
Affected software
CVE-2025-57759 is recorded against 3 packages.
- contao (from 5.4.0 up to 5.6.1)
- contao/contao (from 5.4.0-RC1 up to 5.6.1)
- contao/core-bundle (from 5.4.0-RC1 up to 5.6.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 28 August 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
References
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| contao | 5.4.0 | 5.6.1 |
| contao/contao | 5.4.0-RC1 | 5.6.1 |
| contao/core-bundle | 5.4.0-RC1 | 5.6.1 |
References
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