What are some potential security risks associated with using CMS platforms like Typo3, and how can they be mitigated?

One potential security risk associated with using CMS platforms like Typo3 is the vulnerability to SQL injection attacks. This can be mitigated by using prepared statements and parameterized queries to prevent malicious SQL code from being injected into the database.

// Example of using prepared statements to prevent SQL injection in Typo3
$statement = $GLOBALS['TYPO3_DB']->exec_SELECTquery(
    'field1, field2',
    'tablename',
    'field3 = ?',
    '',
    '',
    '',
    array($field3Value)
);