wbb Update: WoltLab Suite 5.5.5 / 5.4.23 / 5.3.25

[Guest Alexander Ebert]

We have just released new versions of our products:

 

• WoltLab Suite 5.5.5
  
• WoltLab Suite 5.4.23
  
• WoltLab Suite Calendar 5.3.25
  

 

Stability releases (third part of the version number, also known as “patch releases”) aim to solve existing problems in the current version. Like every stability release, they do not introduce new features. It is strongly recommended to apply these updates.

 

[HEADING=1]How to Apply Updates[/HEADING]

 

Open your Administration Control Panel and navigate to “Configuration → Packages → List Packages”. Please click on the button “Search for Updates” located in the right corner above the package list.

 

[HEADING=1]Notable Changes[/HEADING]

 

The list below includes only significant changes, minor fixes or typos are generally left out.

 

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Calendar[/HEADING]

• When managing your own participation in an event where other participants are visible only to the creator, the list of participants was visible in the server response and was ignored only by the browser. Now the list of participants is suppressed directly on the server. 5.5 5.4 5.3
  

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Filebase[/HEADING]

• Downloads are now delivered with a restrictive content-security-policy as a “defense in depth” measure. 5.5 5.4
  

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Forum[/HEADING]

• Enabling the default value for displaying search results as topics caused errors when navigating to additional pages in search results. 5.5
  
• Limiting visible posts in topics for guests sometimes yielded erroneous post numbers. 5.5
  

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Gallery[/HEADING]

• Deleting images via a report now moves images to the recycle bin instead of deleting them immediately. 5.5
  
• Video links now use the well-known two-click solution for media. 5.5
  
• Fixes for PHP 8.1. 5.5
  
• Minor fixes. 5.4
  

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Core: Conversations[/HEADING]

• It was not possible to set the permission to reply to conversations to “Never” if this was already set for the permission to start conversations. 5.5
  

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Core: WebAuthn[/HEADING]

• Update of the bundled external libraries. 5.5
  

[HEADING=2]WoltLab Suite Core[/HEADING]

• A timeout when sending e-mails via SMTP no longer causes the SMTP session to become out-of-sync, resulting in incorrect interpretation of mail server responses. 5.5 5.4
  
• Incorrect line breaks when sending e-mails via SMTP no longer cause the SMTP session to become out-of-sync. 5.5 5.4
  
• Updating packages across versions now works correctly even if an intermediate version gets a new dependency that is not yet installed. 5.5 5.4
  
• File attachments are now delivered with a restrictive content-security-policy as a “defense in depth” measure. 5.5 5.4
  
• Multiple invocation of an activation link no longer displays a misleading error message. 5.5
  
• The information about cookies usage has been updated. The “Login” cookie has been dropped and the “Session” cookie is no longer a temporary cookie. 5.5
  
• “Conditions” (e.g. to display user hints) based on trophies now work properly. 5.5
  
• The image proxy now supports WebP graphics. 5.5
  
• Search results were sometimes displayed in the wrong section. 5.5
  
• The number of comments is now correctly stored in the RSS feed for articles. 5.5
  
• E-mail notifications whose associated notification is already permanently deleted before the e-mail is sent no longer remain permanently on the “Waiting” status, but are marked as “Discarded”. 5.5
  
• Error messages during SMTP sending have been improved to make debugging easier. 5.5
  
• The language selection for guests is now also available in the mobile view. 5.5
  
• Submitting a form with the Enter key (e.g. in the title field of a new topic) no longer causes the “Delete Attachment” button to be triggered. 5.5
  
• When replying to comments, the scroll position was not correct on iOS. 5.5
  
• Uploaded graphics in edit forms were sometimes not reloaded correctly. 5.5
  
• A display error in desktop notifications was fixed. 5.5
  
• Editing of active paid subscription with unlimited duration was incorrect. 5.5
  
• Active menu items in the left sidebar were displayed with incorrect indentation. 5.5
  
• Corrections for PHP 8.1. 5.5
  
• For developers: random_int is now a valid template modifier. 5.5
  
• For developers: AbstractOauth2Action::getAuthorizeUrl() can now contain a query string. 5.5
  
• For developers: the CodeMirror is now available outside the ACP, for example for use with the SourceCodeFormField. 5.5
  
• For developers: The menu items in the mobile main menu now have unique identifiers. 5.5
  

 

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