The Joomla Project announces the immediate availability of Joomla 1.5.13 [Wojmamni ama baji]. This is a security release and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.

This release contains 26 bug fixes, two moderate-level security fixes and one low-level security fix. It has been 3 weeks since Joomla 1.5.12 was released on July 1, 2009. The Development Working Group's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 1.5.13 Post-Release Notes to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

If you have modified core template overrides, please be sure to back them up before upgrading.
Security

One low-level and two moderate-level security issues were fixed in this release:

    * High Priority: Core - File upload. More information ?
    * Moderate Priority: Core -XSS. More information ?

For additional information, visit the Joomla Security Center.

Components
    * Edit icon now appears in correct location (16726)
    * "usertype" column is now saved correctly in the database during front-end account creation (16073)

Modules
    * No modules issues were fixed for this release

Plugins
    * Typographical error fixed in PHPdoc comment (15548)
    * TinyMCE editor now works when using compressed mode (17058)
    * Media Manager now shows correct message after a successful upload (17053)
    * Image button can be used by users who don't have upload permission (17101)

Legacy
    * No legacy issues were fixed for this release

Templates
    * No template issues were fixed for this release

Language
    * Error message in Media Manager is now translated (17008)

Administrator
    * No administrator issues were fixed for this release

System
    * No system issues were fixed for this release