Joomla 3.10.8
1 April 2022
Joomla version 3.10.8 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to Joomla 3.10.8
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What's New in Joomla 3.10.8
3.10.8
Bug fixes
- Revert security fix 20220303 due to implementation issues.
3.10.7
Installatron
- This release was initially withheld from distribution because it didn't pass Installatron's testing standards which all new releases are tested against.
- Joomla 3.10.8 has subsequently been released and passes Installatron's testing standards.
Security
- [20220301] Low Severity - Moderate Impact - Zip Slip within the Tar extractor (affecting Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0) - Extracting an specifilcy crafted tar package could write files outside of the intended path.
- [20220302] Low Severity - Low Impact - Path Disclosure within filesystem error messages (affecting Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0) - Uploading a file name of an excess length causes the error. This error brings up the screen with the path of the source code of the web application.
- [20220303] Low Severity - High Impact - User row are not bound to a authentication mechanism (affecting Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0) - A user row was not bound to a specific authentication mechanism which could under very special circumstances allow an account takeover.
- [20220304] Low Severity - Moderate Impact - Missing input validation within com_fields class inputs (affecting Joomla! 3.7.0 through 3.10.6) - Lack of input validation could allow an XSS attack using com_fields.
- [20220305] Low Severity - High Impact - Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids (affecting Joomla! 3.0.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0) - Inadequate filtering on the selected Ids on an request could resulted into an possible SQL injection.
- [20220306] Low Severity - Low Impact - Inadequate validation of internal URLs (affecting Joomla! 2.5.0 through 3.10.6 & 4.0.0 through 4.1.0) - Inadequate validation of URLs could result into an invalid check whether an redirect URL is internal or not.
Bug fixes and Improvements
- Backport JQuery UI security patch for CVE-2021-41184
- Disable Google Fonts setting for 3.10.7+ new installations
- [Regression] Fix updating redirect values unintentionally changed
- Remove FLoC setting as it has been abandoned
- E-Mail Cloak: TLDs long as 10 will no longer truncated until
- Privacy Consent wording I agree vs I do not agree