News items tagged with "release"

We've updated some of the optional 'Export to PDF' libraries. These libraries are NOT included with the Exponent CMS package (nor the git repository). Several of these require special customized packages and are available as separate downloads.

This version, code-named 'Limited Lockdown' fixes many security issues in all previous versions and adds screen reader (accessibility) support. We strongly encourage all Exponent installations be upgraded to v2.4.0 as soon as practical!

There are several security vulnerabilities in all versions of Exponent 2.x found in September and October, 2016, reported by a number of individuals including:Manuel Garcia Cardenas, the PKAV TEAM, fyth, felixk3y, DM_, obfusor, xiaoL, ylgaaaaa, Tomato, wooeast, and xiojunjie, These vulnerabilities could allow possible SQL injections, remote file exploits, RCE, XSS, changes to configurations, and other issues. They have been present in all versions of Exponent (2.x). The fix is:

This patch fixes several issues in the v2.3.9 release. It also provides several tweaks and new features including a 'fill screen' feature for the elFinder file manager, though the main focus is providing several security fixes. Patch #1 to v2.3.9 is found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.3.9-patch-1.zip/download​