Introduction
The Kunena team has announce the arrival of Kunena 5.1.2 [K 5.1.2] which is now available for download as a native Joomla extension for J! 3.8.x. This version addresses most of the issues that were discovered in K 5.1 and issues discovered during the development stages of K 5.1. This is a Security release.
The key distinctions of K 5.1.2 are:
- Attachments vulnerability
- 30+ bugs fixed
- 30+ enchaments
- Find the full changes: Here.
K 5.1.2 is available for download on the download page.
Changes
Attachments - High vulnerability
[20180715] - Core -
• Project: Kunena• SubProject: Forum Core
• Severity: HIGH
• Versions: 5.0 through 5.1.1
• Exploit type: Full Privileges
• Reported by: Rich
• Reported Date: 2018-07-13
• Fixed Date: 2018-07-13
• Release Date: 2018-07-15
• Joomla VEL: Joomla Vel
Description:
Guests/Users can have full privileges on a users uploaded attachements.
Affected Installs
Kunena versions 5.0.0 through 5.1.1 (Kunena 5.1.2 is not affected)
Solution
Upgrade to version 5.1.2
Contact
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