Two third party TYPO3 extensions found insecure

Dear users of TYPO3,

The extensions phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) and freeCap CAPTCHA  
(sr_freecap) have been found insecure.
Please see the below two bulletins in order to read the details of  
each security incident.

TYPO3-20080924-1: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in extension  
phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin):
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080924-1/

TYPO3-20080924-2: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in extension  
freeCap CAPTCHA (sr_freecap):
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080924-2/

In general the TYPO3 Security Team recommends you to read the  
following pages.

The TYPO3 Security Cookbook:
http://typo3.org/fileadmin/security-team/typo3_security_cookbook_v-0.5.pdf

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

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


Regards,

Lars Houmark
lars@typo3.org