Archive For June, 2006

Dear visitors,

In order to have upkeep the quality of our community and make the appropiate improvements we will be required to take our network…

It has come to our attention that due to a flaw in the way Internet Explorer handles urlencoded data in URLs, it’s possible to craft a malicious URL when adding an avatar to cause an XSS (cross site scripting) vulnerability where, at worst, cookie data can be taken. Additionally, an unrelated flaw may allow moderators to moderate forums that they do not have permission to moderate.

Solution
To prevent further attacks of this kind, we’ve increased security by checking any URL that is likely to be inserted in an <img> tag.

This security update has a full version number of: 21012.60629.s.
Please read our KB article on how to locate your full version number.

Files that have been changed

• sources/action_public/moderator.php
• sources/ipsclass.php
• sources/lib/func_usercp.php
• sources/classes/bbcode/class_bbcode_core.php

Security Update Download
Invision Power Board 2.1.x

Download Now

If you are running a version previous to 2.1.6, please update to 2.1.6 by downloading the main download zip. Once you’ve performed the update, visit your ACP and click the link under the “Security Update Available” image to reset the image check.

Manual Instructions

http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=10132

First I would like to welcome gio~logist to the admin team!
In the next few days you should see some changes within the staff. We’re going to spilt the staff into two teams; The Support Staff, and The Development Staff. The reason we’re spliting the staff into two teams is pretty simple. The…

[COLOR=blue][B]We are excited to announce that vBSEO v3.0.0 RC2 is now available in the [/B][/COLOR][URL="http://www.vbseo.com/downloads/"][COLOR=blue][B]download area[/B][/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=blue][B] for all licensed vBSEO owners![/B][/COLOR]

As some of you may have noticed, RC2 has been available in the download area for a few days now. Although it was intended as a pre-release version, we were confident about it’s stability and decided to make it available publicly.

Not only is vBSEO v3.0.0 compatible with the most recent series of vBulletin (v3.6.x) it also includes many, MANY new features (that will be outlined with the final release) and of course, the much anticipated Ping/Trackback feature.

If you are not familiar with Pings/Trackbacks, please review the [URL="http://www.vbseo.com/ping-trackback/"]Ping/Trackback Tutorial[/URL]. This tutorial comes standard with vBSEO v3.0.0, and will be available on your own forum once you enable this feature.

[B][COLOR=blue]What is a "Release Candidate"?[/COLOR][/B]
A release candidate differs from a beta release in that there are no [I]known[/I] bugs. However, this does not mean that there [I]aren’t[/I] any bugs. A release candidate represents a version of the software that we [I]believe[/I] is ready for release, but requires more testing before we’re sure.

We are excited to announce that vBSEO v3.0.0 RC2 is now available in the download area for all licensed vBSEO owners!

As some of you may have noticed, RC2 has been available in the download area for a few days now. Although it was intended as a pre-release version, we were confident about it’s stability and decided to make it available publicly.

Not only is vBSEO v3.0.0 compatible with the most recent series of vBulletin (v3.6.x) it also includes many, MANY new features (that will be outlined with the final release) and of course, the much anticipated Ping/Trackback feature.

If you are not familiar with Pings/Trackbacks, please review the Ping/Trackback Tutorial. This tutorial comes standard with vBSEO v3.0.0, and will be available on your own forum once you enable this feature.

What is a "Release Candidate"?
A release candidate differs from a beta release in that there are no known bugs. However, this does not mean that there aren’t any bugs. A release candidate represents a version of the software that we believe is ready for release, but requires more testing before we’re sure.

[SIZE=6]vBSEO Readme Design Competition![/SIZE]
[B]Want to win a Free vBSEO Licence and have your improved Readme as the vBSEO 3.0.0 Gold Readme file? Read on…[/B]

[SIZE=4]Competition Requirements:[/SIZE][LIST][*]Redesign the current vBSEO Readme file. (attached below)[/LIST][B]Hints:[/B][LIST][*]Think simple; look at vBSEO.com’s design for example. If it takes you over an hour to create, you are probably putting too much thought into it.[*]We love light designs.[*]We love CSS.[*]We love Valid Strict XHTML (test your style [URL="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer"]here[/URL]).[*]We love to be able to edit this file easily via Dreamweaver!! (sometimes, a CSS masterpiece can be a nightmare to edit using WYSIWYG editors).[/LIST][SIZE=4]Prizes:[/SIZE][LIST][*]Winner receives:[LIST][*]1 Year vBSEO Software Licence[*]Their Readme included in the release package of vBSEO 3.0.0 Gold[/LIST][*]Runners-up get a bump in affiliate commission by 5% for the next 3 months (so all entries win!!)[/LIST][SIZE=4]How is Winner chosen?[/SIZE][LIST][*]The Winner will be selected through an internal poll by the development & pre-release team.[*]All submissions are to be posted in this thread, in a .zip package.[*]vBSEO reserves the right to edit/alter or change the Readme prior to release.[/LIST][SIZE=4]What are you waiting for? Get designing!!![/SIZE]

vBSEO Readme Design Competition!
Want to win a Free vBSEO Licence and have your improved Readme as the vBSEO 3.0.0 Gold Readme file? Read on…

Competition Requirements:

Redesign the current vBSEO Readme file. (attached below)Hints:

Think simple; look at vBSEO.com’s design for example. If it takes you over an hour to create, you are probably putting too much thought into it.
We love light designs.
We love CSS.
We love Valid Strict XHTML (test your style here).
We love to be able to edit this file easily via Dreamweaver!! (sometimes, a CSS masterpiece can be a nightmare to edit using WYSIWYG editors).Prizes:

Winner receives:
1 Year vBSEO Software Licence
Their Readme included in the release package of vBSEO 3.0.0 Gold
Runners-up get a bump in affiliate commission by 5% for the next 3 months (so all entries win!!)How is Winner chosen?

The Winner will be selected through an internal poll by the development & pre-release team.
All submissions are to be posted in this thread, in a .zip package.
vBSEO reserves the right to edit/alter or change the Readme prior to release.What are you waiting for? Get designing!!!

I would like to announce the opening of a new site, www.vbimageworks.com This site is owned by Shelley, a designer here on our site and a truely gifted one. This site’s goal is to be a resource for additional custom images for your forums such as smilies, icons and much more! Many free images…

VBulletin.com down?and its friend .org!! Did i miss an announcement about maintanence or something….

It has come to our attention that the sites vBulletin.com, vBulletin.org, vBulletin-Germany.com, vBHacks-Germany.com and vBulletin-Hungary.com are…