CVE-2025-65961 (GCVE-0-2025-65961)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-25 19:06 – Updated: 2025-11-25 19:29
VLAI
Title
Contao is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in templates
Summary
Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 to before 4.13.57, before 5.3.42, and before 5.6.5, it is possible to inject code into the template output that will be executed in the browser in the front end and back end. This issue has been patched in versions 4.13.57, 5.3.42, and 5.6.5. A workaround for this issue involves not using the affected templates or patch them manually.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-11-25 19:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-87 - Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7797 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
contao contao Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 4.13.57
Affected: >= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.3.42
Affected: >= 5.4.0-RC1, < 5.6.5
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