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

- Also known as: GHSA-5J7Q-WMH7-CQHG
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.4.55, 11.5.49, 12.4.41, 13.4.23, 14.0.2
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-01-13

## Affected

- typo3/cms-backend: from 10.0.0, fixed in 10.4.55; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.49; from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.4.41; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.4.23; from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.0.2
- typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.0.2
- typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.4.23
- typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.4.41
- typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.5.49
- typo3/cms-backend (Packagist): from 10.0.0, fixed in 10.4.55

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on typo3/cms-backend, upgrade to a fixed version (10.4.55, 11.5.49, 12.4.41, 13.4.23, 14.0.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-001
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/ac3f792bd5ab7c58153fc1075cb9e001c9cebe3b
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/fb98378a8fd30dd50d89a3d1a420780819f38232
- https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/cd11a19958d823d12d028f9345b41739c7e70118

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