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title: "TYPO3-CORE-SA-2016-001: SQL Injection in dbal"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-core-sa-2016-001"
description: It has been discovered, that TYPO3 is susceptible to SQL Injection
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# TYPO3-CORE-SA-2016-001: SQL Injection in dbal

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TYPO3-CORE-SA-2016-001: SQL Injection in dbal
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16 February 2016

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It has been discovered, that TYPO3 is susceptible to SQL Injection

- ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause)

**Component Type:** TYPO3 CMS

**Release Date:** February 16, 2016

Vulnerable subcomponent: Dbal
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**Vulnerability Type:** SQL Injection

**Affected Versions:** Versions 6.2.0 to 6.2.17

**Severity:** High

**Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C](http://jvnrss.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/jtg/cvss/cvss2.cgi?vector=%28AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C%29&g=2&lang=en)

**CVE:**  not assigned yet

**Problem Description:** A flaw in the database escaping API results in a SQL injection vulnerability when extension dbal is enabled and configured for MySQL passthrough mode in its extension configuration. All queries which use the DatabaseConnection::sql\_query are vulnerable, even if arguments were properly escaped with DatabaseConnection::quoteStr beforehand.

**Solution:** Update to TYPO3 versions 6.2.18 that fix the problem described.

**Credits:** Thanks to Mohamed Rebai who discovered and reported the issue.

**General Advice:** Follow the recommendations that are given in the [TYPO3 Security Guide](http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/SecurityGuide/ "Opens external link in new window"). Please subscribe to the [typo3-announce](http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce) mailing list.

**General Note:** All security related code changes are tagged so that you can easily look them up on our [review system](https://review.typo3.org/#/q/status:merged+project:Packages/TYPO3.CMS+topic:security,n,z).

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About the Author

[Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause)

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