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CVE-2025-59022: TYPO3 CMS Allows Broken Access Control in Recycler Module

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

Backend users who had access to the recycler module could delete arbitrary data from any database table defined in the TCA - regardless of whether they had permission to that particular table. This allowed attackers to purge and destroy critical site data, effectively rendering the website unavailable. 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.

Affected products

• typo3: from 10.0.0 before 10.4.55; from 11.0.0 before 11.5.49; from 12.0.0 before 12.4.41; from 13.0.0 before 13.4.23; from 14.0.0 before 14.0.2 — fixed in 10.4.55, 11.5.49, 12.4.41, 13.4.23, 14.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: typo3 10.4.55, 11.5.49, 12.4.41, 13.4.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/336d6f165458a0ce32d8330999ab9ab6a5983d20
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/a6604db66499710f72ae6e7006beb14ad0913aae
• https://github.com/TYPO3/typo3/commit/efb9528f9882ac924c40598ebd8508479e9950a3
• https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2026-003

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