Joomla Team releases Joomla 1.5.12

Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:52 Written by Erik Tuesday, 07 July 2009 12:50

The Joomla team has released a new updated version of Joomla, this time it is Joomla 1.5.12 (also called Wojmamni Ama Woi) In this release several bugfixes and moderate-level security holes has been fixed (3 security holes patched) It is less than a month since the Joomla team released the J1.5.11 so this was a sudden release from the team. This is not just an ordinary release either. It is packed with some important stuff. The release now brings the codebase into full compliance with the GPL. (due to the upgrade of the PEAR library to the new BSD licensed version) Further to this, the new release also contains some very important upgrades to the Wysiwyg editor, TinyMCE v 3.2.4.1

Be sure to upgrade your websites to the latest version of Joomla to avoid any security threats and to make life harder for all hackers.

Download the upgrade of Joomla on the Joomla.org website

Download Joomla 1.5.12 (Complete package)
Download Joomla 1.5.11-1.5.12 (Update package only)
All packages for Joomla 1.5.12

You can also read more about the release on Joomla's homepage

Below you'll find more information about the release.

Release Notes

Before upgrading, read the Release Notes and review the Post-Release Notes to see if there is important supplemental information or helpful hints discovered after the release. Also, do a backup your site before performing the upgrade.
Security

• Moderate Priority - Core - Frontend XSS. More information »
• Moderate Priority - Core - Missing JEXEC check. More information »
• Moderate Priority - Core - Frontend XSS. More information »

• Category List Layout sorts correctly
• Category List Layout HTML error resolved
• Minimum User Level for Media Manager works correctly for Editors submitting Articles
• Article Manager shows non-duplicated Page Titles with Page Breaks
• Section Filter for Content Component correctly lists only Article Categories
• Reverted escaping of miscellaneous information field in com_contact

• No modules were fixed for this release.

• Update to TinyMCE 3.2.4.1
• Updated installer SQL to correspond with TinyMCE upgrade
• Added missing language strings for TinyMCE after initial upgrade

• No legacy issues were fixed in this release.

• Beez Template fix for Contact Component Layout
• Beez Template fix for Article Published Date in the Form Layout
• Beez Template Newsflash Module now has correct Read More link
• Beez Template and User Component print the correct Page Title on Login Page
• System Template CSS correctly links to OpenID login-bg.gif file
• JA Purity Template now has anchor tag ending for Category Title on Frontpage Blog Layout
• JA Purity Template shows Modified Date in Article Layout

• Feed Module Tip wording changed to correctly state "time in minutes"
• en-GB Language File Date Format displays correctly with Frontend Components using Calendar Date Selection
• Missing language strings available for Beez Templates
• Additional language strings added for Tiny MCE
• Added mk-MK installer language pack (no tracker item)

• CSS files save correctly when edited using Template Manager

• Upgraded PEAR with a newer version that has BSD licensing
• PHPMailer allows secure connections to SMTP Servers
• File::upload() uses chmod 644 in FTP mode
• Tooltips correctly encoded
• Reverted detailed module caching fix

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