Modules Extension up to 4.3.10/5.7.3/6.4.1/7.5.4 on TYPO3 improper authentication

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Modules Extension up to 4.3.10/5.7.3/6.4.1/7.5.4 on TYPO3. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-12998. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Modules Extension up to 4.3.10/5.7.3/6.4.1/7.5.4 on TYPO3 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Authentication vulnerability in TYPO3 Extension "Modules" codingms/modules.This issue affects Extension "Modules": before 4.3.11, from 5.0.0 before 5.7.4, from 6.0.0 before 6.4.2, from 7.0.0 before 7.5.5.

The advisory is shared at typo3.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-12998 since 11/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.3.11, 5.7.4, 6.4.2 or 7.5.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-124903) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2581). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• TYPO3 Extension

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• Modules Extension

Version

• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.3.7
• 4.3.8
• 4.3.9
• 4.3.10
• 5.7.0
• 5.7.1
• 5.7.2
• 5.7.3
• 6.4.0
• 6.4.1
• 7.5.0
• 7.5.1
• 7.5.2
• 7.5.3
• 7.5.4

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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