Interesting about Joomla! CMS

I have ported "Popular of Late" module to Joomla!1.5. This module shows popular news for the last NNN days only. Read the rest of this entry »

As the site physicist.phpnet.us doesn’t work, I’ve transferred (temporarily) all data from it here. I hope, that shortly my blog will move on a new constant residence.

Joomla! 1.0.15 addresses a security issue discovered since our last stable release, Joomla! 1.0.14. After adequate testing on a backup or sandbox version of your live site, you should backup your live site and upgrade to 1.0.15.

Note, that you should upgrade your site to Joomla!1.0.15 only if you used Joomla! 1.0.12 or early and subsequently upgrading to next releases (1.0.13 or 1.0.14).

Security Fixes

• SECURITY [HIGH] Fixed remote file inclusion vulnerability.

Explanation
In Joomla! 1.0.13, the following line was added to the configuration.php file:

if(!defined('RG_EMULATION')) { define( 'RG_EMULATION', 0 ); }

This file is located in the root directory of your Joomla! Web site. Including this extra line protects against possible remote file inclusion.

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Following on from the release of Joomla!1.5.1, it is announced the immediate release of Joomla!1.0.14.

Security Fixes

• [LOW] Fixed XSS issue in Search Component.
• [LOW] Fixed XSS issue in Search results pages.
• [LOW] Disallowed users from adding extra wildcard filters in search strings.
• [LOW] Fixed multiple typos in back end Content Component making array integer check ineffective.
• [LOW] Fixed case-sensitive flaw in Input Filter.
• [HIGH] Fixed CSRF issue allowing portal compromise - Administrator components.

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We had not enough time to study Joomla!1.5 as Joomla!1.5.1 is already released.

Joomla! 1.5.1 Fixes a security vulnerability in the XML-RPC Blogger API plugin which allows an unauthorized user to edit, post and delete articles. It is strongly recommended that all Joomla! 1.5 users upgrade to Joomla! 1.5.1, especially if the XML-RPC system is in use. Other fixes included in Joomla! 1.5.1 include: Read the rest of this entry »

dev.mobi publishes an article about PDA-mambot:
Mobile Sites with Joomla! CMS
It can be used as a tutorial on work with PDA-mambot.

Event that we wait for a long time:
Joomla! 1.5 Stable (codename ‘Khepri’) has been released!