CVE-2021-37627
HIGHContao 4.4.0-4.4.55 - Privilege Escalation via Form Generator
Title source: llmDescription
Contao is an open source CMS that allows creation of websites and scalable web applications. In affected versions it is possible to gain privileged rights in the Contao back end. Installations are only affected if they have untrusted back end users who have access to the form generator. All users are advised to update to Contao 4.4.56, 4.9.18 or 4.11.7. As a workaround users may disable the form generator or disable the login for untrusted back end users.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA-hq5m-mqmx-fw6m
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/privilege-escalation-with-the-form-generator.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.0
EPSS
0.0102
EPSS Percentile
59.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (12)
contao/contao
4.0.0
contao/contao
4.1.0
contao/contao
4.2.0
contao/contao
4.3.0
contao/contao
4.5.0
contao/contao
4.6.0
contao/contao
4.7.0
contao/contao
4.8.0
contao/contao
4.10.0
contao/contao
4.0.0 - 4.4.56Packagist
... and 2 more
Published
Aug 11, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026