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vBulletin 3.7.1 PL2 and 3.6.10 PL2

vBulletin 3.7.1 PL2 / vBulletin 3.6.10 PL2
An XSS flaw affecting the vBulletin URL redirection system has been identified. It could allow an attacker to trick a moderator or admin into unwittingly performing an action in either the front-end or control panel that they had not intended. To resolve this issue, it is necessary to release [...]

vBulletin 3.7.1 PL1 & 3.6.10 PL1 Released

vBulletin 3.7.1 PL1/3.6.10 PL1
The recent discovery of an obscure method in which to expose a cross-site scripting (XSS) error in vBulletin when using specific browser software means that it is necessary to release Patch Level (PL) versions of both 3.7.1 and 3.6.10.
Although it is difficult to exploit the XSS flaw, and the potential for exposure [...]

Microsoft pulls the plug on Yahoo! acquisition

Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on Yahoo! acquisition, Microsoft’s CEO Steven Ballmer in an open letter to Yahoo!’s CEO Jerry Yang, has described the reasons why Microsoft believes acquiring Yahoo! is no longer in their best interest:
Dear Jerry:
After over three months, we have reached the conclusion of the process regarding a possible combination [...]

vBulletin 3.7.0 ‘Gold’ Released

Jelsoft has finally released the gold i.e. stable version of vBulletin 3.7.0. It is a pretty important release and adds quite a new features to the already featured packed vBulletin. I have been looking forward to this release and would likely updated BCMTouring Forums as soon as I can find a good skin for it, [...]

vBulletin 3.6.9 released

vBulletin have just announced the release of vBulletin 3.6.9, it contains 159 bug fixes.
vBulletin 3.6.9
While primary development efforts are concentrated on the forthcoming vBulletin 3.7.0, many of the fixes and improvements that have been made for the new version have also been back-ported into vBulletin 3.6.x. There are now enough of these changes to warrant [...]