[Michael]

vBulletin 3.5.2

vBulletin 3.5.2 is primarily a standard bug-fix/maintenance release for the vBulletin 3.5 series. However, this release includes fixes for two potential XSS (cross site scripting) security issues. If you do not upgrade, it is very important to at least patch your board. Please see the end of this post for patch instructions.

Note: one of the two XSS issues stems from a minor PHP bug. It will be fixed in PHP versions 4.4.2 and 5.1.2. If you are currently running vBulletin 3.0.x, please see the 3.0.11 announcement.

Installing or Upgrading vBulletin

Please see the appropriate manual sections: Installing vBulletin and Upgrading vBulletin.
Note that the process is the same as it was in the 3.0.x series. However you must redo your config.php if you are upgrading from 3.0.x!

Bug Reports

You may report bugs by clicking here. Before reporting a bug, please attempt to recreate the bug on a default, uncustomized style (especially if your errors are JavaScript related). Additionally, if you have used the plugins/products system at all, please attempt to recreate the issue with the plugins system disabled!

Patching Instructions

To patch your vBulletin 3.5.0 or 3.5.1 installation, download the zip file attached to this announcement. When you extract this zip, you will find an includes directory that contains two files. Using FTP, connect to the server hosting your vBulletin and browse to the includes directory of your installation. Upload the two files found in the patch into this directory -- if you have done this correctly, they will overwrite existing files. Your board is now secure.

[Michael]

New features and changes of note for vBulletin 3.5.2

Skype integration You may now enter your Skype username, in addition to AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo. Calls, chats, and more may be initiated through vBulletin. Click here for more info Natural language search improved Natural language search (using MySQL's fulltext engine) should now return more relevant results, particularly when searching in a limited number of forums. Getnew/getdaily now return threads in forums with "Can View Thread Content" set to no These thread titles will now appear when clicking "New Posts" or getting posts in the last 24 hours. IP banning is much improved IP banning is now much more accurate when dealing with incomplete octets. Additionally, you may now use * as a wildcard at any place in the IP address. Administrators may leave users' emails blank Even if unique email addresses are required, administrators may make any number of users' emails blank to prevent mail from being sent to them. Yes/No radio buttons changed back to horizontal orientation The line break added between the yes and no options in the admin control panel has been removed. Yes/no rows will now look as they did in previous versions.

[Michael]

The Staff Lounge has now been successfully upgraded to vBulletin 3.5.2, and thus; contains extensive Skype intergration.

[fabianv]

Hey Mich.. I dont see any attachment..

I hope my upgrade goes as smooth as yours Did you have any problems?

[Michael]

Originally Posted By: fabianv Hey Mich.. I dont see any attachment.. I hope my upgrade goes as smooth as yours Did you have any problems?

Ohh Sorry about that, you see the post was copied directly from vBulletin's Official forum where you can download the attachment there - i would normally do so here but you are required to be a licensed vBulletin user to get access to any of there files which i cannot assume we all are.

[fabianv]

No problem, I'll go fetch it there


Thanks

[Muhammad Haris]

that is cool and i really hate the way google ads are loading here at staff-lounge.They make this site so slow!!! :s

[Michael]

Originally Posted By: Muhammad Haris that is cool and i really hate the way google ads are loading here at staff-lounge.They make this site so slow!!! :s

There are only two advertisements on the forums.