vBulletin Announcements

We're proud to announce the release of vBuleltin 5.1.2, Beta 1. This is a maintenance release focused on resolving ongoing issues within the software. This release brings an update to the editor for better browser support, Administrator Selectable Themes, and Custom CSS editing in Site Builder along with resolving over 140 issues in the software. ckEditor 4.3.3 We've updated the editor built into vBulletin 5. This resolves a number of issues that occurred in several browsers including IE11. While there are no functional changes in the editor within vBulletin, this update brings crucial bug fixes to the product. Themes Themes are a new type of Stylevar and limited CSS only style that can be distributed to users and used on sites. While...

We're proud to announce the release of vBuleltin 5.1.2, Alpha 1. This is a maintenance release focused on resolving ongoing issues within the software. This release brings an update to the editor for better browser support, Administrator Selectable Themes, and Custom CSS editing in Site Builder along with resolving over 140 issues in the software. ckEditor 4.3.3 We've updated the editor built into vBulletin 5. This resolves a number of issues that occurred in several browsers including IE11. While there are no functional changes in the editor within vBulletin, this update brings crucial bug fixes to the product. Themes Themes are a new type of Stylevar and limited CSS only style that can be distributed to users and used on sites...

We are proud to announce the release of vBulletin 5.1.1. This release fixes a number of bugs related to the CMS, Image Handling and Email Notifications. More than 100 issues are resolved in this version. PHP 5.5.X Support As of vBulletin 5.1.1, vBulletin 5 Connect supports PHP 5.5.X for access to the latest security and performance enhancements available in PHP. Please note that as of PHP 5.5.0, the mysql library is deprecated and we suggest that you switch to mysqli in your /core/includes/config.php file. Image Handling We've improved image handling in vBulletin 5 Connect. After inserting images, you can double-click on them to edit size, positioning and word wrap. If you have appropriate permissions you can assign specialized CSS...

Announcing the release of vBulletin 5.1.1 Alpha. This release fixes a number of bugs related to the CMS, Image Handling and Email Notifications. More than 80 issues are resolved in this version, most of which are high value issues that impact a large number of customers. PHP 5.5.X Support As of vBulletin 5.1.1, vBulletin 5 Connect supports PHP 5.5.X for access to the latest security and performance enhancements available in PHP. Please note that as of PHP 5.5.0, the mysql library is deprecated and we suggest that you switch to mysqli in your /core/includes/config.php file. Image Handling We've improved image handling in vBulletin 5 Connect. After inserting images, you can double-click on them to edit size, positioning and word wrap...

An exploit in vBulletin 5.X has been reported by the "Romanian Security Team". We have repaired the issue reported and are releasing patches for the following versions: 5.0.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5 and 5.1.0 The issue has also been fixed in vBulletin 5.1.1 RC1. The issue is caused by improper handling of the Page object within vBulletin. This allowed some user supplied data to be elevated to the point where it cause problems. It also allowed javascript to be executed in certain situations. To resolve these issues we have: 1) Enhanced error checking on some values from the query string to avoid allowing them in the page array. This includes forbidding some commonly used strings. 2) Cleaning up a value in a route class that...

Announcing the release of vBulletin 5.1.1 Alpha. This release fixes a number of bugs related to the CMS, Image Handling and Email Notifications. More than 80 issues are resolved in this version, most of which are high value issues that impact a large number of customers. PHP 5.5.X Support As of vBulletin 5.1.1, vBulletin 5 Connect supports PHP 5.5.X for access to the latest security and performance enhancements available in PHP. Please note that as of PHP 5.5.0, the mysql library is deprecated and we suggest that you switch to mysqli in your /core/includes/config.php file. Image Handling We've improved image handling in vBulletin 5 Connect. After inserting images, you can double-click on them to edit size, positioning and word wrap...

A security issue has been found that affects all versions of vBulletin including 3.x, 4.x and 5.x. We have released security patches to account for this vulnerability. This includes patches for vBulletin 3.8.7, vBulletin 4.2.2 and all versions of vBulletin 5 (including Cloud accounts). The patch is also applied to vBulletin 5.1.0 RC1. It is imperative that you apply these patches as soon as possible. Due to functionality changes, the minimum PHP version for the patch is 5.2.0. This represents an increase for both vBulletin 3. Alternatively customers can install the JSON functions separately viahttp://pecl.php.net/package/json in which case it will work with any compatible PHP version that their particular version of vBulletin supports...