Incorrect Authorization Affecting contao/comments-bundle package, versions >=5.0.0, <5.3.38>=5.4.0-RC1, <5.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-CONTAOCOMMENTSBUNDLE-12239885
  • published29 Aug 2025
  • disclosed28 Aug 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-57757  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade contao/comments-bundle to version 5.3.38, 5.6.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization due to improper filtering protected news archives. An attacker can access sensitive information by retrieving protected news items that are unintentionally included in the public RSS feed.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by not adding protected news archives to the news feed page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1