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title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2015-004: Information Disclosure in Direct Mail Subscription (direct_mail_subscription)"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2015-004"
description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"Direct Mail Subscription\" (direct_mail_subscription) is susceptible to Information Disclosure."
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date: 2026-06-11
modified: 2026-06-11
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  - TYPO3 Extensions
---

# TYPO3-EXT-SA-2015-004: Information Disclosure in Direct Mail Subscription (direct_mail_subscription)

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

TYPO3-EXT-SA-2015-004: Information Disclosure in Direct Mail Subscription (direct\_mail\_subscription)
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16 January 2015

![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 "Direct Mail Subscription" (direct\_mail\_subscription) is susceptible to Information Disclosure.

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

**Release Date:** January 16, 2015

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

**Affected Versions:** 2.0.1

**Vulnerability Type:** Information Disclosure

**Severity:** Medium

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

**Problem Description:** The extension discloses personal data of newsletter subscribers. Such data might be cached and indexed by search engines.

**Solution:** Updated version 2.0.2 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and at [http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/direct\_mail\_subscription/2.0.2/t3x/](http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/direct_mail_subscription/2.0.2/t3x/ "Opens external link in new window"). If you are using a custom template, please consider the removal of name and email markers throughout the template!

**Credits:** Credits go to Ingo Müller and Stefan Neufeind who discovered the vulnerability.

**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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