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

What is CVE-2025-59022?

CVE-2025-59022 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 13 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59022?

10 open source packages ship an affected version, including typo3/cms-recycler. It affects 1 product.

Products include Typo3 Typo3.

How do I fix CVE-2025-59022?

Upgrade typo3/cms-recycler to a fixed version for your release line: 10.4.55, 11.5.49, 12.4.41 or 13.4.23.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-59022 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59022 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Typo3 Typo3

• CVE-2009-0258 Indexed Search Engine for TYPO3 Command Execution via Metacharacter Injection Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-3583 Typo3 SQL injection due to faulty prepared statements Critical 9.8
• CVE-2011-4628 Typo3 Authentication Bypass Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-24814 Persisted Cross-Site Scripting in Frontend Rendering in typo3 High 8.8
• CVE-2021-41113 Cross-Site-Request-Forgery in Backend URI Handling in Typo3 High 8.8

All Typo3 Typo3 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-p52w-7rhw-9m67.