[TYPO3-announce] Vulnerabilities in multiple TYPO3 components

[TYPO3 Security Team]

Dear TYPO3 users!

It has been discovered that TYPO3 CMS is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting and Cache Flooding.

For details on the issues please read the accordant advisories:

TYPO3-CORE-SA-2016-021: Cross-Site Scripting in TYPO3 Backend
https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-021/

TYPO3-CORE-SA-2016-022: Cache Flooding in TYPO3 Frontend
https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-core/typo3-core-sa-2016-022/




In general the TYPO3 Security Team recommends to read the following pages:

The TYPO3 Security Guide:
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/SecurityGuide/

Make sure you are subscribed to the TYPO3 Announce List:
http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce

See all TYPO3 security advisories:
https://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/



Regards,

Helmut Hummel
Member of the TYPO3 Security Team

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