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title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2017-016: SQL Injection in extension \"Download Center\" (pits_downloadcenter)"
url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2017-016"
description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"Download Center\" (pits_downloadcenter) is susceptible to SQL Injection."
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---

# TYPO3-EXT-SA-2017-016: SQL Injection in extension "Download Center" (pits_downloadcenter)

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

TYPO3-EXT-SA-2017-016: SQL Injection in extension "Download Center" (pits\_downloadcenter)
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19 December 2017

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It has been discovered that the extension "Download Center" (pits\_downloadcenter) is susceptible to SQL Injection.

- ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[News team](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/news-team)

**Release Date:** December 18, 2017

**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:** SQL Injection

**Severity:** Critical

**Suggested CVSS v3.0:** [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C "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 sanitize user input and is susceptible to SQL Injection.

**Solution:** An updated version 1.0.4 is available from the TYPO3 Extension Manager and at [https://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/pits\_downloadcenter/1.0.4/zip/](https://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/pits_downloadcenter/1.0.4/zip/ "Opens external link in new window"). Users of the extension are advised to update the extension as soon as possible.

**Credits**: Credits go to the security team member Torben Hansen 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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