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title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2016-020: Insecure Unserialize in extension \"Page path\" (pagepath)"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2016-020"
description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"Page path\" (pagepath) is susceptible to Insecure Unserialize."
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# TYPO3-EXT-SA-2016-020: Insecure Unserialize  in extension "Page path" (pagepath)

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

TYPO3-EXT-SA-2016-020: Insecure Unserialize in extension "Page path" (pagepath)
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07 July 2016

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It has been discovered that the extension "Page path" (pagepath) 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:** July 7, 2016

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

**Affected Versions:** version 1.0.3 and below

**Vulnerability Type:** Insecure Unserialize

**Severity:** Medium

**Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:M/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:M/Au:N/C:P/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"))

**Problem Description:** The extension unserializes strings from untrusted source.

**Solution:** Versions of this extension that are known to be vulnerable will no longer be available for download from the TYPO3 Extension Repository. The extension is no longer maintained and the author will not provide a security fix for the reported vulnerability. Please uninstall and delete the extension from your installation.

**Credits**: Credits go to the security team member Helmut Hummel who discovered and reported 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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