As of September 7, security patches for September 2024 are now available.

This patch addresses a minor Permissions Escalation issue (VWE-2024-6542), where users are able to post wiki content containing more than the maximum number of IMG, MEDIA, and XFMG's GALLERY tags, as defined by the options Maximum images per message and Maximum media per message. The issue only applies to XenForo-based environments.

The patch addresses the issue by applying these options as follows:

• Wiki comments: Tags are counted the same as normal forum posts.
• Wiki pages and other content: Tags are totaled across the main content, any custom field values, and within included templates.

The following patches address the aforementioned issue:

• 4.1.7 Patch Level 3

If you limit the maximum number of these tags in forum messages, you may wish to update to a patched release so that the limit also applies to wiki content. A future version will include separate options for wiki page content, in case you prefer to have a higher maximum value than for regular forum posts.

As of June 11, security patches for June 2024 are now available.

This patch addresses a Compatibility Break issue (VWE-2024-6541) caused by new changes in XenForo versions 2.1.15 and 2.2.16, which prevents VaultWiki's bundled Javascript functionality from working properly and quickly fills the forum's Server Error Logs.

The following patches address the aforementioned issue:

• 4.1.7 Patch Level 2

We strongly recommend that all users running VaultWiki in a XenForo-based production environment update to a patched release, if they have already upgraded to the affected XenForo versions or if they plan to.

As of March 8, security patches for March 2024 are now available.

Issue List

VWE-2024-6530 is an Uninstall issue, where uninstallation is interrupted by an E_WARNING if there is a wiki moderator who is neither a super moderator nor a moderator of non-wiki content. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.1.0 Beta 4 and higher, on XenForo 2.x-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6531 is an Install issue, where a database error prevents access to the install script. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.1.7 and higher, on vBulletin-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6532 is an Uninstall issue, where a fatal error prevents access to the uninstall script. The issue affects all versions of the VaultWiki 4.1.x series, on XenForo 1.x-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6534 is an Install issue, where the moderator creation popup does not appear if existing usergroups contain non-UTF-8 characters, preventing the install process from completing. The issue affects all versions of the VaultWiki 4.1.x series, on vBulletin-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6535 is an Install issue, where a fatal error occurs during installation of default option values. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.1.5 and higher, on XenForo 1.x-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6537 is a Data Loss issue, where a user who leaves all wiki social groups, or who is a wiki moderator that is removed as wiki moderator, will be removed from all secondary user groups. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.0.9 and higher, on vBulletin-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6538 is a Permissions Escalation issue, where administrators receive an error when attempting to edit custom permissions for guests within a specific area, preventing them from revoking permissions in that area. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.1.5 and higher, on XenForo-based platforms only.

VWE-2024-6539 is an Install issue, where a fatal error occurs when installing default wiki content, due to a flawed workaround for a bug in XenForo 2.2.13 that leaves parser classes unavailable during installation. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.1.7, on XenForo 2.x-based platforms only.

Patches

The following patches address the aforementioned issues:

• 4.1.7 Patch Level 1

Notes

We strongly recommend that all users running VaultWiki in a vBulletin-based production environment update to a patched release. We recommend that all users running VaultWiki in a XenForo-based production environment update to a patched release.

VaultWiki 4.1.7 was released for licensed customers on May 14. This version is a maintenance release with roughly 20 bug fixes.

For a list of changes in this release, please see Changelog for 4.1.7. If you are a style or language pack maintainer, please check here for changes which may affect you.

Important: Compatibility with XenForo 2.2.13

XenForo 2.2.13 was released after VaultWiki 4.1.7, and as a result, there were some unforeseen compatibility issues where XenForo's code had changed unexpectedly, including a showstopper issue making the forum unusable while both VaultWiki and XenForo's debug mode were active simultaneously.

As of June 1, the VaultWiki 4.1.7 package has been patched to workaround XenForo's code changes. If you are using any earlier VaultWiki version, or a copy of 4.1.7 acquired before June 1, please beware that you must update your files using the June 1 package or you may find your forum becomes unusable if you upgrade XenForo to 2.2.13.

Release Notes

VaultWiki 4.1.7 improves product stability. We encourage everyone using VaultWiki to update to this release for the best experience and compatibility.

VaultWiki 4.1.6 is now available for licensed customers. This version is a maintenance release with roughly 100 bug fixes.

For a list of changes in this release, please see Changelog for 4.1.6. If you are a style or language pack maintainer, please check here for changes which may affect you.

Some Improvements

Aside from 100 bug fixes, VaultWiki 4.1.6 adds support for new collations in recent versions of MySQL that can allow for a wider variety of wiki titles and can improve title conflict resolution.

This version makes some tweaks to how edits are weighted when calculating page rating averages, including using a faster algorithm, and reducing the effect of minor edits on averages.

This release also increases the default lifetime for automatically created synonyms, which are typically created when a page is renamed. We have also added a setting to allow admins to set the lifetime to a value that works best for their site.

Release Notes

VaultWiki 4.1.6 improves product stability. We encourage anyone using VaultWiki to update to this release for the best experience.

As of November 9, security patches for November 2022 are now available.

Issue List

VWE-2022-6473 is a Permissions Escalation issue, where a forum moderator can bypass the disallowed titles list when converting a thread to a wiki page. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.0.16 and higher.

VWE-2022-6474 is a Permissions Escalation issue, where a forum moderator can bypass the prefix limitations of the target area when converting a thread to a wiki page. The issue affects VaultWiki 4.0.16 and higher.

VWE-2022-6477 is a Subscription Management issue, where a user's attempts to disable all email notifications simultaneously in the default wiki subscription folder fails with a permissions error. The issue affects all versions of the VaultWiki 4.1.x series.

VWE-2022-6478 is a Subscription Management issue, where a user's attempts to disable email notifications for all wiki subscription folders simultaneously fails with a permissions error. The issue affects all versions of the VaultWiki 4.1.x series.

VWE-2022-6479 is a Subscription Management issue, where a user's attempts to unwatch all subscriptions simultaneously in the default wiki subscription folder fails with a permissions error. The issue affects all versions of the VaultWiki 4.1.x series.

Patches

The following patches address the aforementioned issues:

• 4.1.5 Patch Level 4
• 4.1.4 Patch Level 6
• 4.1.3 Patch Level 8

Notes

We strongly recommend that all users running VaultWiki in a production environment update to a patched release.