Description
Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, ModuleSearch can disclose protected page titles, URLs, and indexed context snippets to unauthenticated visitors when contao.search.index_protected is changed from enabled to disabled. Authorization metadata is stored per row in tl_search, but disabling the setting removes the protected-row filter without deleting rows indexed while protection was enabled. The protected pages continue to return an authorization response, so this issue exposes search metadata and indexed text rather than bypassing page access. This issue is fixed in versions 5.3.50 and 5.7.12.
Published: 2026-10-09
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-x2rp-9qf7-2fmq Contao: Protected page content is disclosed to anonymous visitors after contao.search.index_protected is disabled
History

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Contao
Contao contao
Vendors & Products Contao
Contao contao

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description Contao is an Open Source CMS. From version 4.0.0 until 5.3.50 and 5.7.12, ModuleSearch can disclose protected page titles, URLs, and indexed context snippets to unauthenticated visitors when contao.search.index_protected is changed from enabled to disabled. Authorization metadata is stored per row in tl_search, but disabling the setting removes the protected-row filter without deleting rows indexed while protection was enabled. The protected pages continue to return an authorization response, so this issue exposes search metadata and indexed text rather than bypassing page access. This issue is fixed in versions 5.3.50 and 5.7.12.
Title Contao: Protected page content is disclosed to anonymous visitors after contao.search.index_protected is disabled
Weaknesses CWE-200
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T20:26:18.278Z

Reserved: 2026-10-08T22:34:49.291Z

Link: CVE-2026-107842

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Updated: 2026-10-13T20:19:09.306Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-09T20:17:10.013

Modified: 2026-10-13T21:17:32.917

Link: CVE-2026-107842

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-10-09T21:00:13Z

Weaknesses