CVE-2025-65960: Contao is vulnerable to remote code execution in template closures

medium Affects contao/core-bundle. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2025-11-25; advisory modified 2025-11-27.

Contao is vulnerable to remote code execution in template closures

Package: contao/core-bundle Composer
Affected versions: >=4.0.0 and <4.13.57 or >=5.0.0-RC1 and <5.3.42 or >=5.4.0-RC1 and <5.6.5
Fixed in: 4.13.57, 5.3.42, 5.6.5
Severity: medium CVSS 6.6
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (8.7th percentile)
Published: 2025-11-25
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-351

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