CVE-2025-57757 | Contao discloses information in the news module

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Published: 2025-08-28 Last update: 2025-09-02 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-57757 is rated Low Risk (28.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-57757

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-14 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2026-01-24 0.05% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2025-12-28 0.05%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-57757

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-57757

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-57757

GHSA-w53m-gxvg-vx7p · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Contao can disclose sensitive information in the news module

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-57757

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
contao contao >= 5.3.0, < 5.3.38 cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
contao contao >= 5.4.0, < 5.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-57757

cvelogic Threat Intelligence