--- title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2015-017: Cross-Site Scripting in extension \"News system\" (news)" url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2015-017" description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"News system\" (news) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting." image: "https://news.typo3.com/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-news.jpg" date: 2026-06-11 modified: 2026-06-11 categories: - TYPO3 Extensions --- # TYPO3-EXT-SA-2015-017: Cross-Site Scripting in extension "News system" (news) - Security / [TYPO3 Extensions](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/security/typo3-extensions) TYPO3-EXT-SA-2015-017: Cross-Site Scripting in extension "News system" (news) ============================================================================= 30 September 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 "News system" (news) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting. - ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause) **Release Date:** September 30, 2015 **Component Type:** Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation. **Affected Versions:** version 3.2.1 and below **Vulnerability Type:** Cross-Site Scripting **Severity:** Low **Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/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:** not assigned yet **Problem Description:** The extension fails to properly encode user input in the paginate widget. This is only exploitable when extension cooluri is used or if realurl is used and the configuration option doNotRawUrlEncodeParameterNames is enabled. **Solution:** An updated version 3.2.2 is available from the TYPO3 Extension Manager and at [http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/news/3.2.2/t3x/](http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/news/3.2.2/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 Marc Willmann who reported the 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. ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/b5c88386e5b1d8fca79d0652427922d2.jpeg) About the Author [Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause) [More posts by this author](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause)