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title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-019: Multiple vulnerabilities in Drag Drop Mass Upload (ameos_dragndropupload)"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2014-019"
description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"Drag Drop Mass Upload\" (ameos_dragndropupload) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery and Improper Access Control."
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# TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-019: Multiple vulnerabilities in Drag Drop Mass Upload (ameos_dragndropupload)

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

TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-019: Multiple vulnerabilities in Drag Drop Mass Upload (ameos\_dragndropupload)
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15 December 2014

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It has been discovered that the extension "Drag Drop Mass Upload" (ameos\_dragndropupload) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery and Improper Access Control.

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

**Release Date:** December 15, 2014

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

**Affected Versions:** 3.1.1 and all versions below

**Vulnerability Type:** Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, Improper Access Control

**Severity:** Medium

**Suggested CVSS v2.0:** AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

**Problem Description:** Crafted filenames can trigger XSS. The extension has no CSRF-prtection in place to prevent forged requests. The extension fails to restrict resource-access to only those resources the backend user has been granted access to.

**Solution:** Updated version 3.1.2 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and at [http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/ameos\_dragndropupload/3.1.2/t3x/](http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/ameos_dragndropupload/3.1.2/t3x/ "Opens external link in new window").

**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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