Headline
GHSA-2xmj-8wmq-7475: Contao discloses sensitive information in the front end search index
Impact
Protected content elements that are rendered as fragments are indexed and become publicly available in the front end search.
Patches
Update to Contao 4.13.56, 5.3.38 or 5.6.1.
Workarounds
Disable the front end search.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in contao/contao.
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- CVE-2025-57756
Contao discloses sensitive information in the front end search index
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 28, 2025 in contao/contao • Updated Aug 28, 2025
Package
composer contao/contao (Composer)
Affected versions
>= 4.9.14, < 4.13.56
>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.3.38
>= 5.4.0-RC1, < 5.6.1
Patched versions
4.13.56
5.3.38
5.6.1
>= 4.9.14, < 4.13.56
>= 5.0.0-RC1, < 5.3.38
>= 5.4.0-RC1, < 5.6.1
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Aug 28, 2025
Last updated
Aug 28, 2025
EPSS score