# CVE-2025-57758: Contao applies improper access control in the back end voters

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-57758-contao-applies-improper-access-control-in-the-back-end-voters  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-08-28  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-57758 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-08-28

Contao applies improper access control in the back end voters

Technologies: [contao/contao (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/contao-contao), [contao/core-bundle (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/contao-core-bundle). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-57758 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-57758 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-57758?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 28 August 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** contao/contao (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0,fixed=5.3.38; contao/core-bundle (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0,fixed=5.3.38.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-57758?** Yes. contao/contao (Packagist): upgrade to 5.3.38 or later; contao/core-bundle (Packagist): upgrade to 5.3.38 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-57758?** Check whether you run contao/contao (Packagist) or contao/core-bundle (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- contao/contao (Packagist): upgrade to 5.3.38 or later

  ```sh
  composer require contao/contao:^5.3.38
  ```

- contao/core-bundle (Packagist): upgrade to 5.3.38 or later

  ```sh
  composer require contao/core-bundle:^5.3.38
  ```


## Affected products

- contao/contao (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0,fixed=5.3.38
- contao/core-bundle (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.0.0,fixed=5.3.38

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-57758
- GHSA-7m47-r75r-cx8v

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