Joomla 1.5.7 security release

On the 9th September 2008 Joomla Joomla 1.5.7 security [Wovusani] share. This is a security release and contains a number of bug fixes, improvements and security fixes. It is highly recommended that users upgrade immediately. It is nearly four weeks since Joomla 1.5.6 was released August 12, 2008.

Here the release note of Joomla 1.5.7 security [Wovusani]:

Security:

Several security issues were fixed in this release. There were 1 critical, 1 large and 2 moderate security vulnerabilities fixed in 1.5.7.

Article:

Com_content: Metadata processing; Alias for ArticlesString escaped not copied: external links; Title; Alt tags are missing on ImagesBlog layout: article page break; New left to-right (optional); Breadcrumbs; Archive intro text formatting issues; Section blog article LinksSubmit article: article drop-down list at the front of shows archived and trashed articles; Preview edited article used the template not Editor.cssRSS feed: released date apply; External URLs IncorrectlySEO rendering: index and follow meta tag for the print view

Administrator:

Help: Last version checking; Key reference update for modules help: new ScreenConfiguration: time zone CorrectionMedia Manager: basis path missing SlashesSample content: outdated links in “Welcome to Joomla”, fix news feed, updated several articles and StatisticsInstallation: confusing error message about language files for extension installations remove

System:

IIS 6 and IIS 7: JRoute::_() and application Redirect() fixed parameter types: SQL, textarea for TemplatesE-mail: JMail class ignored JConfig.sendmail path for sendmail; Wrong SEF URLs for outgoing recommendation e MailsAPI: JHTMLSelect update; QueryBatch logging in debug mode; JSite::getParams(); strpos; SetMetadata created duplicate meta tags; $Row is not that InitializedXML RPC client ID is too high; Profiling J1. 5 frames; $Row is not InitializedCache: JCacheStorageFile: gc flawed logic in the cache expiry; Clean cache file cache manager

There is some update of Joomla 1.5.7.

If you are using Joomla 1.5.x, it is strongly recommended that update your Joomla. Learn Joomla 1.5.7.

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