Known Issues of TWiki 5.1.x Production Releases

These are known issues of TWiki-5.1.2, TWiki-5.1.1 and TWiki-5.1.0, code named IstanbulRelease.

The latest TWiki release is available at DownloadTWiki.

Security Alerts

• Security Alert L1: Remote Perl code execution with query string to debug TWiki plugins
  • Fix available in SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7236, fixed in TWiki-6.0.1
• Security Alert L1: Apache configuration file upload on TWiki on Windows server
  • Fix available in SecurityAlert-CVE-2014-7237, fixed in TWiki-6.0.1
• Security Alert L1: MAKETEXT variable allows arbitrary shell command execution
  • Fix available in SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329, fixed in TWiki-5.1.3

• Note: See other TWikiSecurityAlerts

Release TWiki-5.1.4

Major issues

Minor issues

Fixed in	Description
TWiki-6.0.1	TWikibug:Item6965: Insecure dependency (again) in tools/extender.pl when installing extension in configure. Message can be ignored, extension is installed properly anyway.

Release TWiki-5.1.3

Major issues

Minor issues

Fixed in	Description
TWiki-5.1.4	TWikibug:Item7109: Unmatched [ in regex error when saving configure. Patch available.
TWiki-6.0.1	TWikibug:Item6965: Insecure dependency (again) in tools/extender.pl when installing extension in configure. Message can be ignored, extension is installed properly anyway.
TWiki-5.1.4	TWikibug:Item7149: Update CGI::Session module to 4.48 - needed if TWiki runs natively on Windows and CGI::Session supplied by TWiki is used (uncommon)

Release TWiki-5.1.2

Major issues

Minor issues

Fixed in	Description
TWiki-6.0.1	TWikibug:Item6965: Insecure dependency (again) in tools/extender.pl when installing extension in configure. Message can be ignored, extension is installed properly anyway.
TWiki-5.1.4	TWikibug:Item7149: Update CGI::Session module to 4.48 - needed if TWiki runs natively on Windows and CGI::Session supplied by TWiki is used (uncommon)

Release TWiki-5.1.1

Major issues

Minor issues

Fixed in	Description
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6534: Insecure dependency in tools/extender.pl when installing extension in configure. Fix: Apply patch dated 2012-09-17. Workaround: Remove the T switch in the first line of file twiki/bin/configure.
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6849 - Search summary broken if TWiki variable spans more than one line. Fix: Apply patch in TWikibug:Item6849
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6854 - Cannot add attachments with TWiki 5.1.1 and IE 8. Fix: Apply patch in TWikibug:Item6854
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6869 - TWikiDrawPlugin does not save changes. Fix: Apply patch in TWikibug:Item6869
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6921 - Alpha-type odered lists don't work in IE-9
TWiki-5.1.4	TWikibug:Item7149: Update CGI::Session module to 4.48 - needed if TWiki runs natively on Windows and CGI::Session supplied by TWiki is used (uncommon)

Release TWiki-5.1.0

Major issues

Minor issues

Fixed in	Description
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6534: Insecure dependency in tools/extender.pl when installing extension in configure. Fix: Apply patch dated 2012-09-17. Workaround: Remove the T switch in the first line of file twiki/bin/configure.
TWiki-5.1.1	TWikibug:Item6802 - Disallow plus (+) characters in topic name to avoid DDOS attacks
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6849 - Search summary broken if TWiki variable spans more than one line. Fix: Apply patch in TWikibug:Item6849
TWiki-5.1.2	TWikibug:Item6921 - Alpha-type ordered lists don't work in IE-9
TWiki-5.1.4	TWikibug:Item7149: Update CGI::Session module to 4.48 - needed if TWiki runs natively on Windows and CGI::Session supplied by TWiki is used (uncommon)

Bug reports

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-- Contributors: GeorgeTrubisky, PeterThoeny - 2011-08-20

Discussion

Hi, I have installed succefully apache and twiki. when i hit the URL: http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure its showing 404 error...could you please suggest me...is there any additional configuration in apache?

-- Manivannan L - 2013-05-30

Please ask questions in the Support forum, thank you!

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-05-30

Hi Manivannan L

Could you please elaborate your issue?

-- Saenthan Sae - 2013-06-27

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