This is a security release to address a vulnerability where page content, which should be hidden by permissions, could be visible during certain markdown exports.
We strongly advise that you update your instance if you use permissions to control page visibility.
Thanks to Ghufran Raza Khan (GitHub Profile, LinkedIn Profile) for responsibly reporting this issue.
Also thanks to Alex Dan (GitHub Profile) for also reporting this before public announcement.
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Updated queries used for pages in markdown exports.
Email/SMTP - The way BookStack sends messages has changed slightly (Specifically, the SMTP HELO domain). This isn't expected to be a breaking change but testing of emails (Using the test send action in Settings > Maintenance) is advised after updating to be sure there's no impact.
Theme System - Within a theme directory, the modules/ folder is now dedicated to theme modules. If you happened to already have a folder of this name in your theme, it's advised to use a different folder name instead.
Full List of Changes
Released in v26.03
Added new module system to the theme system. (#5998)
Added logical theme events for page content render and pre-save. (#6049)
Added logical theme event and class to allow inserting custom views before/after others. (#5998)
Added logical theme event to allow customising the OIDC authentication URL. (#6014)
Updated book delete to return to the parent shelf in a shelf context. (#6029)
Updated book read API endpoint to provide parent shelf information. (#6006)
Updated cursor to pointer for drawio diagrams. Thanks to @lublak. (#5864)
Updated description for per-page display limits. (#6005)
Updated emails to use the domain from the APP_URL in the SMTP HELO. (#5990)
Updated translations with latest Crowdin changes. (#6007)
Fixed empty extra space showing for descriptions when the input is left empty. (#5724)
This is a security release to address a vulnerability where style code in page content could be used to manipulate the page beyond the expected content area in some revision views, opening up risk of potential phishing and/or tracking by bad page editors.
We advise that you update your instance if you allow untrusted users to create or edit pages.
Thanks to Alex Dan (@windbreaker555 on GitHub) for their responsible discovery and reporting of this issue.
Full List of Changes
Updated page revision diffs to use content filtering.
Updated preference change redirect with stronger origin checks.
This release specifically addresses a scenario, introduced in v25.12.4, where loading the editor of a page, last updated/created by a different user with blank content, would result in an error.
This release specifically addresses issues introduced in v25.12.4, where drawings could become non-editable in certain scenarios due to content filtering rules.
This release specifically addresses folder permission issues (often showing as an error when attempting to access content) which could occur from changes introduced in v25.12.4.
This is a security release to address a vulnerability where style code in page content could be used to manipulate the page beyond the expected content area, opening up risk of potential phishing and/or tracking by bad page editors.
We advise that you update your instance if you allow untrusted users to create or edit pages.
Thanks to SeongYun Moon (@Moonster8282 on GitHub) for their responsible discovery and reporting of this issue.
Additional Update Notices
Page Content - As of this release, extra layers of filtering have been applied to page content. While we have tried to ensure this has minimal impact on content, it's possible this will lead to extra elements being filtered.
Option Change - The ALLOW_CONTENT_SCRIPTS env option is now considered deprecated. It's advised to use the APP_CONTENT_FILTERING option, as documented here, instead if needed.
If you experience issues with your page content being over-filtered feel free to raise an issue on GitHub where we can check if the behaviour is intentional or something which needs to be patched.
You can use the new page content filtering option, with a value of jhf which should match the prior version filtering, but this will remove a layer of content filtering security so is not recommend.
Full List of Changes
Added new option for more granular page filter control.
Updated page content filtering to detect extra cases, and to apply a more aggressive allow-list style filter.
This is a security release to address a vulnerability where form elements in page content could be used to trick more privileged users into making API requests.
We strongly advise that you update your instance if you allow untrusted users to create or edit pages.
Thanks to Joud Zakharia of zentrust partners GmbH for the discovery of this vulnerability, and thanks to Sven Faßbender of zentrust partners GmbH for their responsible disclosure and great communication of this issue.
Additional Update Notices
Page Content - As of this release, most types of form content are now removed from page content on render. If you applied customizations which made use of in-page form content, you may now need to find alternative methods.
Full List of Changes
Updated application PHP dependencies.
Updated session-based API authentication to only be active for GET requests.
Updated page content filtering to remove many common form elements & attributes.
Updated translations with latest Crowdin changes. (#5997)
This is a security release which adds limits to search operations, and adds size checks to ZIP import files before they are extracted.
These changes help prevent potential abuse to host disk space usage and/or service availability.
We recommended to update your instance if untrusted users have ZIP import permissions, or if untrusted users can perform searches.
Thanks to Jeong Woo Lee (@eclipse07077-ljw) and Gabriel Rodrigues (aka TEXUGO) for reporting these vulnerabilities.
Full List of Changes
Updated application PHP dependencies.
Add some additional resource-based limits. (#5968)
Updated translations with latest Crowdin changes. (#5962)
This is a security release to address a vulnerability in our dependencies related to XML
handling, which could allow users to replay SAML authentication requests with specially crafted & manipulated requests.
It's strongly advised to update if you're using SAML authentication for BookStack.
Note: This was originally accidentally published as v24.11.4, so this is essential a re-publish with the correct version.
The wrong version number commit/history has been retained though to prevent any breakages for git-managed environments.
This release contains the following fixes and changes:
Fixed overly-strict image access permission changes in v25.11.2 which could block images when a secure storage option was used alongside public access. (#5906, #5909)
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