Joomla 4.2.1
31 August 2022
Joomla version 4.2.1 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to Joomla 4.2.1
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What's New in Joomla 4.2.1
Security
- [20220801] Low Severity - Low Impact - Multiple Full Path Disclosures because of missing '_JEXEC or die check' (affecting Joomla! 4.2.0) More Information
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Failure in setting Redis cache
- Change the db calls back to the getDbo
- Error when Gather Statistic enabled in Smart Search
- Fixed menu login with redirect to menu item on multi-language site
- Add bcmath_compat polyfill for servers without BCmath / GMP support
- Remove unused imports in Multi-factor Authentication
- Fix issue "updateCheck is null"
- Remove hotkeys.js as they have been renamed
- Stats collection must not be shown in captive MFA pages
- CLI application crashed when MVCFactory is used
- Correctly revert pull request no. 38244 for updating from 4.2.0 RC 1