Security issues in third-party TYPO3 extensions

By: Marcus Krause

Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in third-party TYPO3 extensions "Commenting system Backend Module" (commentsbe), "Tiny Market" (hm_tinymarket), "Yet Another Calendar" (ke_yac), "The official twitter tweet button for your page" (tweetbutton) and "XING Button" (xing).

For further information on all CSB (Collective Security Bulletin) issues, please read the related advisory TYPO3-SA-2010-018 that was published today:
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2010-018/

 

In general the TYPO3 Security Team recommends to read the following pages:

The TYPO3 Security Cookbook:
http://typo3.org/fileadmin/security-team/typo3_security_cookbook_v-0.5.pdf

Make sure you are subscribed to the TYPO3 Announce List:
http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce

See all TYPO3 security advisories:
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/

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