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Advisory details: gitlab / packagist/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2025-47938
Advisory ID gitlab/packagist/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2025-47938
Aliases CVE-2025-47938
GHSA-3jrg-97f3-rqh9
Summary TYPO3 Unverified Password Change for Backend Users ### Problem The backend user management interface allows password changes without requiring the current password. When an administrator updates their own account or modifies other user accounts via the admin interface, the current password is not requested for verification. This behavior may lower the protection against unauthorized access in scenarios where an admin session is hijacked or left unattended, as it enables password changes without additional authentication. ### Solution Update to TYPO3 versions 9.5.51 ELTS, 10.4.50 ELTS, 11.5.44 ELTS, 12.4.31 LTS, 13.4.12 LTS that fix the problem described. > [!NOTE] > In these versions, administrators are required to verify their identity through step-up authentication (also known as sudo mode) when changing backend user passwords. ### Credits Thanks to the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) of Switzerland for reporting this issue, and to TYPO3 core & security team member Benjamin Franzke for fixing it.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-620 Unverified Password Change
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2025-47938.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/core/commit/b9a8bcb614ecdd42aa27e1c430c6213d6b6b20b3
https://github.com/TYPO3-CMS/setup/commit/60572dd050d8d861921889a19599bfe045fed5fd
https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2025-013
CVE-2025-47938 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47938
GHSA-3jrg-97f3-rqh9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jrg-97f3-rqh9
GHSA-3jrg-97f3-rqh9 https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/security/advisories/GHSA-3jrg-97f3-rqh9
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/typo3/cms-core/CVE-2025-47938.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

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none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

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low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-05-20T13:56:18Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2025/47xxx/CVE-2025-47938.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2025-47938

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]