TYPO3 CMS up to 14.0.1 Record Creation defVals authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in TYPO3 CMS up to 10.4.54/11.5.48/12.4.40/13.4.22/14.0.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Record Creation. The manipulation of the argument defVals results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-59020. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TYPO3 CMS up to 10.4.54/11.5.48/12.4.40/13.4.22/14.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Record Creation. The manipulation of the argument defVals with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at typo3.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-59020 since 09/07/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 10.4.55, 11.5.49, 12.4.41, 13.4.23 or 14.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ac3f792bd5ab7c58153fc1075cb9e001c9cebe3b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• TYPO3

Name

• CMS

Version

• 10.4.0
• 10.4.1
• 10.4.2
• 10.4.3
• 10.4.4
• 10.4.5
• 10.4.6
• 10.4.7
• 10.4.8
• 10.4.9
• 10.4.10
• 10.4.11
• 10.4.12
• 10.4.13
• 10.4.14
• 10.4.15
• 10.4.16
• 10.4.17
• 10.4.18
• 10.4.19
• 10.4.20
• 10.4.21
• 10.4.22
• 10.4.23
• 10.4.24
• 10.4.25
• 10.4.26
• 10.4.27
• 10.4.28
• 10.4.29
• 10.4.30
• 10.4.31
• 10.4.32
• 10.4.33
• 10.4.34
• 10.4.35
• 10.4.36
• 10.4.37
• 10.4.38
• 10.4.39
• 10.4.40
• 10.4.41
• 10.4.42
• 10.4.43
• 10.4.44
• 10.4.45
• 10.4.46
• 10.4.47
• 10.4.48
• 10.4.49
• 10.4.50
• 10.4.51
• 10.4.52
• 10.4.53
• 10.4.54
• 11.5.0
• 11.5.1
• 11.5.2
• 11.5.3
• 11.5.4
• 11.5.5
• 11.5.6
• 11.5.7
• 11.5.8
• 11.5.9
• 11.5.10
• 11.5.11
• 11.5.12
• 11.5.13
• 11.5.14
• 11.5.15
• 11.5.16
• 11.5.17
• 11.5.18
• 11.5.19
• 11.5.20
• 11.5.21
• 11.5.22
• 11.5.23
• 11.5.24
• 11.5.25
• 11.5.26
• 11.5.27
• 11.5.28
• 11.5.29
• 11.5.30
• 11.5.31
• 11.5.32
• 11.5.33
• 11.5.34
• 11.5.35
• 11.5.36
• 11.5.37
• 11.5.38
• 11.5.39
• 11.5.40
• 11.5.41
• 11.5.42
• 11.5.43
• 11.5.44
• 11.5.45
• 11.5.46
• 11.5.47
• 11.5.48
• 12.4.0
• 12.4.1
• 12.4.2
• 12.4.3
• 12.4.4
• 12.4.5
• 12.4.6
• 12.4.7
• 12.4.8
• 12.4.9
• 12.4.10
• 12.4.11
• 12.4.12
• 12.4.13
• 12.4.14
• 12.4.15
• 12.4.16
• 12.4.17
• 12.4.18
• 12.4.19
• 12.4.20
• 12.4.21
• 12.4.22
• 12.4.23
• 12.4.24
• 12.4.25
• 12.4.26
• 12.4.27
• 12.4.28
• 12.4.29
• 12.4.30
• 12.4.31
• 12.4.32
• 12.4.33
• 12.4.34
• 12.4.35
• 12.4.36
• 12.4.37
• 12.4.38
• 12.4.39
• 12.4.40
• 13.4.0
• 13.4.1
• 13.4.2
• 13.4.3
• 13.4.4
• 13.4.5
• 13.4.6
• 13.4.7
• 13.4.8
• 13.4.9
• 13.4.10
• 13.4.11
• 13.4.12
• 13.4.13
• 13.4.14
• 13.4.15
• 13.4.16
• 13.4.17
• 13.4.18
• 13.4.19
• 13.4.20
• 13.4.21
• 13.4.22
• 14.0.0
• 14.0.1

License

• open-source

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