Today, we are releasing XenForo 2.2.17 to address a potential security vulnerability. We recommend that all customers running XenForo 2.2 upgrade to 2.2.17 or use the patch instructions below as soon as possible.
Notes:
a. XenForo 2.3.1 and above is not affected by this issue. If you are still running XenForo 2.3.0 you should upgrade to the latest release or apply the patch below.
b. The few XenForo Cloud customers still running XenForo 2.2 have been patched automatically.
The issue relates to a potential redirection exploit using a specially crafted URL.
XenForo extends thanks to @mattrogowski, @Jake B. and the team at @ThemeHouse for making us aware of this issue.
We recommend doing a full upgrade to resolve the issues, but a...