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Discussions about how to enhance security for third party extensions and to assist end users with helpful update information.

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Latest Activity: Feb 23

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Strong passwords, good security discipline 3 Replies

There are some really good secure-your-install tips at the doc wiki, and the whole security admin checklist is great, but this stuff could stand to be way more prominent. One of the items buried ove…

Started by Dan Knauss. Last reply by C O'Shea Feb 14.

Tracking Extension Vulnerabilities 51 Replies

In the original post that started this group, it was mentioned how not everyone knows where to look for extension vulnerabilities, end user's are rarely aware of all but the largest components that e…

Tagged: extensions, vulnerabilities, security, joomla

Started by Alex Andreae. Last reply by Marcos Peebles Feb 3.

Local File Inclusion Exploit - how to stop 23 Replies

Thanks for this great site - just discovered it - after receiving reports that my component com_biblestudy had been listed as vulnerable to a Local File Inclusion exploit on: http://docs.joomla.org/…

Started by Tom Fuller. Last reply by Tom Fuller Jan 8.

Exploits through misinterpreted UTF-8/16 characters 1 Reply

Hello! This might be all nonsense, but following exploit came to my mind recently and I want to know what you people think about it. You often see funny characters when a system (or parts of the sy…

Started by Martin Rasser. Last reply by Uwe Walter Dec. 26, 2009.

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Comment by Amy Stephen on October 19, 2009 at 4:11pm: Did you feel a surge of super power, Alex? You are now Group Admin. Lead us to safety! Thanks for your help and leadership.