Joomla 1.5.10 Security Release

The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.10 [Wohmamni].

This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

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This release contains 66 bug fixes, one low-level security fix, and one moderate-level security fix. It has been 11 weeks since Joomla 1.5.9 was released on January 10, 2009.

Joomla! 1.5.10 Security Release The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 1.5.10 Post-Release Notes to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Security

One low-level and one moderate-level security issue were fixed in this release:

Moderate Priority: A series of XSS and CSRF faults exist in the administrator application. Affected administrator components include com_admin, com_media, com_search. Both com_admin and com_search contain XSS vulnerabilities, and com_media contains 2 CSRF vulnerabilities. More information »
Low Priority: A XSS vulnerability exists in the category view of com_content. More information »

For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.

Components

Article Alias no longer missing from Category Views (14228)
Section List now drills down correctly to a Category List with Global Content Filters (14510)
Web link Router now uses correct Category value (14705)
Article HTML filtering correct when only one Filter group selected (14758)
Tooltip Help corrected for Section, Category, and Article Alias (15007)
Sorting lists by values other than Order corrected (15107)
Archived Article Filter Function works correctly (15124)
Ampersand in site name no longer breaks Position value in vCard (15143)
Added "/" before URL in Remind Me and Password links for com_user (15215)
Search works properly using international characters with SEF enabled (15233)
Register to Read More in redirect URL correct for Section and Category Menu Items (15266)
Multiple Search Menu Items now return correct ItemID (15293)
com_media no longer incorrectly loads CSS files from the backend (15354)
Fixed invalid XHTML output in com_content and com_contact (15362)
Small errors in code comments corrected for com_user (15461)

Modules

Changing the module's 'Position' value now correctly changes the value for the 'Order' listbox. (12119)
When Module is saved, Module's cache is now cleared (12137)
Encoding behavior for quotes and ampersands corrected in Modules (13111)
Menu image alignment resolved (14071)
Menu Alias respects Active setting (14767)
Resolved tag error in mod_feed (14948)
Login Redirect returns to current page when no Redirect URL is specified (15376)

Plugins

Fixed ID tags used by openid.js (13285)
Pagebreak works correctly with JCE (14525)
Pagebreak outputs correct XHTML elements (14496)
Pagebreak accurately tracks active page (14558)
Pagebreak works correctly with Section tables (14827)
Caching error resolved for Remember Me function (14857)
Menu Item changes are now cached properly (14896)
SEF Plugin correctly handles "Data" attribute (15137)
Load Position no longer deletes dollar sign and next two positions, in Module output (15237)

Legacy

No legacy issues fixed for this release.

Templates

Beez: Correct Last Updated date used in Section Blog (14571)
JA Purity: All Article text no longer linked when Category presented (14286)
rhuk Milkyway: Correct authorEmail value (14439)
Corrected RTL issue for Site Title when mouse hovering over Template Logo (14945)

Language

Localization for user name corrected in registration form (14468)
Corrected localization issue for new Module (13999)
User details translatable (14710)
Localization corrected for installation of Component (14859)
Copy Menu Items function is now translatable (14944)
Pagebreak now translatable (15300)
Uninstalling a Component now has all Language Strings (15375)

Administrator

Categories are now sortable in reverse order by Order data element (14004)
Parameter Element ID for folderlist and filelist are correct (14514)
Date format correct for 'checked out date' (14381)

System

Installation of Extensions no longer fails when zip files are included (9701)
No longer missing l10n in JApplicationHelper::parseXMLInstallFile() (11798)
Resolved Javascript errors created by previous SEF Background Image Fix (13973)
Resolved problem with error handling in JFactory::getXMLParser (14022)
Case-sensitive image extensions (14059)
Atom feed validates correctly (14515)
JString::RTrim method is correct (14491)
Removed short open tag in admin.categories.html.php (14660)
JInstallerComponent::_rollback_menu() error resolved when getting DB Connector (14795)
File move now correctly returns "false" when not read or writable (14818)
Directory Permissions listed correctly for Temp and Log Folders (14865)
JFolder::folders no longer returns unnecessary warning (14875)
Setting Tooltip Offset works correctly (15006)
JArchiveZip::_extractNative() correctly identifies zip_open() failure (15044)
Installer.php parseMedia points to correct folder (15047)
Custom Install file upgraded on Component installation (15217)
Undefined index HTTP_USER_AGENT error fixed in behavior.php (15282)

Statistics

Statistics for the 1.5.10 release period:

Joomla 1.5.10 contains:
- 68 issues fixed in SVN
- 281 commits
Tracker activity resulted in a net decrease of 8 active issues:
- 176 new reports
- 133 closed
- 68 fixed in SVN
At the time the 1.5.10 release was packaged, the tracker had 95 active issues:
- 44 open
- 40 confirmed
- 11 pending

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug with Joomla, find out more information here on how to report the bug.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during this last release cycle include: Ian MacLennan and Mark Dexter co-coordinators; Airton Torres, Akarawuth Tamrareang, Arno Zijlstra, Amy Stephen, Andrew Eddie, Anthony Ferrara, Ashwin Date, Dan Walker, Dennis Hermacki, Edvard Ananyan, Elin Waring, Ercan Ozkaya, Gergő Erdősi, Hannes Papenberg, Kevin Devine, Kevin Sookocheff, Klas Berlič, Marieke van der Tuin, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mati Kochen, Niels Braczek, Pete Nurse, Rosario Buste, Samuel Moffatt, Shantanu Bala, and Wilco Jansen.

A warm welcome to the newest members of the Joomla Bug Squad: Amit Kumar Singh, Andrew Rose, Ashwin Date, Edvard Ananyan, Joe Palmer, Kashyap Puranik, Niels Braczek, Parth Lawate, Pete Nurse, Philip Walton, Richard Malinowski, and Srinivas Chilukuri.