DNN Platform 7.4.1 Released

I am pleased to announce that DNN Platform 7.4.1 is available for download.  In DNN 7.4.1, we focused on improving platform performance and resolving many issues related to multi-language PortalSettings.  In addition, we have resolved a few security issues and included a new Security Analyzer.

Major Highlights

• Fixed race condition which could cause errors during file upload
• Fixed issue where country profile property can cause registration to fail
• Fixed issue where calendar control breaks in Arabic language
• Fixed issue where Italian Language pack causes error on Host Settings
• Fixed issue where Twitter Provider fails to create unique DNN login names
• Fixed issue where creating a social group can fail in the "All Roles" mode
• Fixed issue where custom url providers can't be disabled
• Fixed issue where upgrades can fail if portalsettings has invalid values
• Fixed issue where permissions can't be applied to a shared module
• Fixed issue where url rewriting is broken for non-2 letter culture codes
• Fixed performance issue where missing page doctype causes excessive file lookups
• Fixed performance issue where testing for local URIs causes slow DNS lookups
• Fixed issues where removing large number of unauthorized users would fail
• Fixed issue where RazorHost did not follow standard Razor Engine behavior
• Fixed issue where JavaScript library version number cannot hold full value for some libraries
• Fixed issue where JavaScript libraries don't work in cached modules
• Fixed issue where JavaScript library API doesn't immport full dependency tree
• Fixed issue where 404 page was included in the sitemap
• Fixed issue where en-us systemlocale was hardcoded in PortalSettings API
• Fixed performance issue where some HttpModules were executed for static file requests
• Fixed issue where user registration can fail with long passwords
• Fixed issue where Country properties were returning numeric id rather than value
• Fixed issue where browser language detection fails
• Fixed issue where URLs are not exported correctly in page content
• Fixed issue where switching languages removes the query string parameters
• Added new Security Analyzer module
• Fixed caching issues with multi-language portalsettings

Security Issues

• Fixed account creation issue in install wizard (critical)
• Fixed request forgery issue in file upload component (low)
• Fixed information leakage issue for file existence (low)
• Fixed information leakage issue for installed version (low)

See the DNN Security Center for more details on specific security issues.

Community Contributors

I would like to thank the following community members who provided many bug fixes and enhancements for DNN 7.4.1 (pull requests indicated in parenthesis).  Without their efforts, DNN 7.4.1 would be a much smaller release.

• Jan Jonas (18)
• Brian Dukes (10)
• Ernst Peter Tamminga (7)
• Sebastian Leupold (4)
• Bogdan Litescu (3)
• redhound (2)
• Vicenç Masanas (2)
• Robrecht Siera (2)
• Oliver Hine (2)
• Kornelis Pieters (1)
• Mitchel Sellers (1)
• Stefan Cullmann (1)
• Evan Smith (1)
• Morteza Kermani (1)
• Peter Donker (1)
• Serge van der Ven (1)
• Brad Bamford (1)
• Stephen Lim (1)
• Richard Howells (1)
• Willwh (1)
• JBradley (1)
• Sacha Trauwaen (1)

As you can see in the image below, our community continues to make a big impact with each release.

NOTE: Please log any issues you may find to http://dnntracker.atlassian.net