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Joomla! 3.7.4 Release

Joomla! 3.7.4 is now available. This is a security release for the 3.x series of Joomla! which includes two security vulnerability fixes and over 50 bug fixes and improvements. We strongly recommend that you update your sites immediately.

What's in 3.7.4?

Joomla! 3.7.4 is released to address security issues as well as several bugs.

Security Issues Fixed

Core - Installer: Lack of Ownership Verification (affecting Joomla! 1.0.0 through Joomla! 3.7.3) More information »

Core - XSS Vulnerability (affecting Joomla! 1.5.0 through Joomla! 3.7.3) More information »

Visit the Security Centre for more information.

Bug Fixes

Fatal error for PHP 5.3 and a multilanguage site #16966

Multilingual com_tags getting wrong language cookie #17084

Post installation message: Wrong php detection #16964

com_contact address is no longer displayed #16971

Visit GitHub for the full list of bug fixes.

Please see the documentation wiki for FAQs regarding the 3.7.4 release.

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Joomla! 3 upgrade packages Note: Please read the update instructions before updating. Please remember to backup your site before updating and to clear your site, administrator and browser cache after updating.

If you find a bug in Joomla! 3.7.4 please report it on the Joomla! Issue Tracker.

A huge Thank You to our volunteers!

A big thank you goes out to everyone that contributed to the 3.7.4 release.

Make the next Joomla! release even better

Joomla! 3.8, 3.9 and 4.0 are already in the works. If you would like to help improve them you can make a direct difference.

Joomla! 3.8

The Joomla! 3.8 Feature Freeze is coming up!

By the end of the day on Friday, July 28, all feature proposals must either be merged or in a "Ready to Commit" state to be included in the release.

Your help would be highly appreciated for the requests needing code, testing or additional discussion:

Routing items : https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/projects/7

: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/projects/7 General items : https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/projects/8

: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/projects/8 Items tagged as a new feature : https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/labels/New%20Feature

: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/labels/New%20Feature Items tentatively milestoned for 3.8: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/milestone/19

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