Joomla 3.9.17 and 3.9.18 Released

Joomla 3.9.17 and 3.9.18 are Out

Joomla! 3.9.17 and 3.9.18 are now available and they're security releases. Since a few security issues and bugs have been resolved, we’re considering these updates security fixes and we recommend all Joomla website owners have these upgrades done.

Joomla 3.9.17 is a security release for the 3.x series of Joomla which addresses three security vulnerability and contains over 40 bug fixes and improvements.

Joomla! 3.9.17 Release (joomla.org)

What’s in Joomla! 3.9.17?

Security Issues Fixed

• Low Priority - Core - Incorrect access control in com_users access level editing function (affecting Joomla 3.8.8 through 3.9.16)
• Low Priority - Core - Missing checks for the root usergroup in usergroup table (affecting Joomla 2.5.0 through 3.9.16)
• Low Priority - Core - Incorrect access control in com_users access level deletion function (affecting Joomla 2.5.0 through 3.9.16)

Bug fixes and Improvements

• Removal of an unneeded file added to 3.9.16
• Multilingual Associations: Fix for the Edit Associations buttons in Menu Items and in Category
• PHPMailer upgraded to its latest version
• 'New' MVC classes depreciation notice for 4.0 instead of 5.0
• Facilitate the usage of help system by third parties
• PostgreSQL: Fix for module loading

Joomla! 3.9.18 Release (joomla.org)

What’s in Joomla! 3.9.18?

Joomla 3.9.18 is a bug fix release for the 3.x series of Joomla which addresses one bug.

Bug fixes and Improvements

• Fixes the single tag view incorrectly showing a 404 page

The previous release was on March 12, 2019.

Our Website Maintenance Department will be in contact with our clients regarding this upgrade. If you need this upgrade done on your website, please contact us.

Thank you,
-Webstix Support