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title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-003: Insecure Unserialize in extension News (tt_news)"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2014-003"
description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"News\" (tt_news) is susceptible to Insecure Unserialize."
image: "https://news.typo3.com/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-news.jpg"
date: 2026-06-11
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categories:
  - TYPO3 Extensions
---

# TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-003: Insecure Unserialize in extension News (tt_news)

- Security / [TYPO3 Extensions](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/security/typo3-extensions)

TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-003: Insecure Unserialize in extension News (tt\_news)
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12 February 2014

![A laptop screen displaying a list of security advisories](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/d/c/csm_security_blog_default_77f8e86036.webp)

It has been discovered that the extension "News" (tt\_news) is susceptible to Insecure Unserialize.

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

**Release Date:** February 12, 2014

**Bulletin update:** September 18, 2014 (added CVE)

**Component Type:** Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation.

**Affected Versions:** Version 3.5.1 and below

**Vulnerability Type:** Insecure Unserialize

**Severity:** High

**Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C/E:P/RL:O/RC:C](http://jvnrss.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/jtg/cvss/cvss2.cgi?vector=%28AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C/E:P/RL:O/RC:C%29&g=2&lang=en "CVSS calculator") ([What's that?](http://buzz.typo3.org/teams/security/article/use-of-common-vulnerability-scoring-system-in-typo3-security-advisories/ "Blog post on CVSS usage"))

**CVE:** CVE-2014-6290

**Problem Description:** Failing to sanitize user input properly, tt\_news is vulnerable to insecure unserialize.

**Solution:** An updated version 3.5.2 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and at [http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/tt\_news/3.5.2/t3x/](http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/tt_news/3.5.2/t3x/ "Opens external link in new window"). Users of the extension are advised to update the extension as soon as possible.

**Credits:** Credits go to Pascal Jungblut who discovered and reported this issue.

**General advice:** Follow the recommendations that are given in the [TYPO3 Security Guide](http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/SecurityGuide/ "Initiates file download"). Please subscribe to the [typo3-announce mailing list](http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce "Opens external link in new window") to receive future Security Bulletins via E-mail.

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

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