Simple Machines Forum 2.0.9
3 October 2014
Simple Machines Forum version 2.0.9 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to Simple Machines Forum 2.0.9
Simple Machines Forum 2.0.9 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Simple Machines Forum updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Simple Machines Forum install to test the 2.0.9 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Simple Machines Forum installations with Installatron
What's New in Simple Machines Forum 2.0.9
- SMF tries to stick ORDER BY NULL onto INSERT IGNORE queries containing sub-selects with a GROUP BY statement, causing a database error (Reported by guest)
- "Show Results" button always shown for polls as long as you can vote in them (Reported by Chainy)
- Multi-select boxes for settings were broken when no value had been selected (Reported by Suki)
- Some mail providers screw up the activation link (Reported by NanoSector)
- PHP 5.4 changes default charset to UTF-8, which can cause problems with search results and PM notification emails (Reported by fun4us)
- Make sure opcode cache gets cleared when regular cache does
- Log pruning should only delete closed mod reports, not open ones
- Fix layout issue with manage permissions page (Reported by Antes)
- Adjust image check to not fail on "cellTextIsHtml", unless paranoid... (Reported by Arantor)
- Sanitize all package XML to prevent any XSS attacks (Reported by Arantor)
- Add session check when previewing posts to prevent XSS via [html] from forged forms (Reported by emanuele)
- Sanitize maintenance mode title to prevent XSS attacks if HTML is used in it (Reported by guest)