Download Joomla! 1.5.1

The popular open source cms program Joomla has been updated to version 1.5.1. Joomla is the phonetic spelling of the word ‘Jumla’, which in Swahili means ‘all together’ or ‘in the whole’. The program is a fork of mambo and is a dynamic PHP written system that allows the user to manage, organize and publish content. That way it can be used to create a weblog, website and/or collaboration site. A complete overview of all changes in version 1.5 can be found on this page are found, these are the release notes for the update, version 1.5.1:

release notes

Joomla! 1.5.1 Fixes a security vulnerability in the XML-RPC Blogger API plugin which allows an unauthorized user to edit, post and delete articles. It is strongly recommended that all Joomla! 1.5 users upgrade to Joomla! 1.5.1, especially if the XML-RPC system is in use. Other fixes included in Joomla! 1.5.1 include:

• Fixed XML-RPC/Blogger security issue.
• Fix to sef issues including creation of optional livesite parameter if needed which will also allow reverse proxy.
• Change to mass mail so that blind carbon can be used, protecting email addresses of your users.
• Fix to date function that was causing an error in the end publication date for some systems.
• Fixed UTF 8 database detection.
• Addressed a number of internationalization issues.
• Fixes to a number of minor issues

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