Wikka 1.1.6.3 released
I’m happy to announce the release of version 1.1.6.3, an important security upgrade available for download from the Wikka website.
The Wikka Developer Team have been working hard over the last months on 1.1.7, a major release that will feature a number of important enhancements (both in terms of functionality and configurability). We have recently decided to make available to our user community a number of security fixes already included in 1.1.7 as a dedicated release.
Wikka 1.1.6.3 does not introduce new functionality, but several patches against potential security issues. These include, among others, a native PHP vulnerability (i.e. not a Wikka bug) affecting virtually any application running on PHP<5.2, that has been brilliantly patched thanks to the joint efforts of the Wikka and GeSHi Developer teams.
We strongly recommend Wikka users to upgrade to 1.1.6.3. Upgrading via the installer takes only a few minutes and will make your wiki safer.
Downloads
- Wikka-1.1.6.3.tar.gz [md5][sha1][sig]
- Wikka-1.1.6.3.zip [md5][sha1][sig]
Changelog
The list of changes introuded in 1.1.6.3 can be browsed here.
Demo
Want to play with WikkaWiki? A live demo running version 1.1.6.3 is available at demo.wikkawiki.org.
Release security
As of 1.1.6.3, we introduced a tighter security policy in our official distributions. You can learn more about this polici on this page.
Bug reporting
Bug reports and suggestions for new features are welcome in the Wikka tracker.
New Wikka developers
Last but not least, I’m proud to announce that since the last stable release, the Wikka Team has welcomed two new developers.
Tormod (TormodHaugen) has extensively worked on a new markup for data tables, that will be included in 1.1.7 and whose syntax can be previewed here.
Brian (BrianKoontz) has brought to Wikka his expertise in the area of security and a lot of valuable insights and contributions on how to make Wikka easier to extend. Thank you guys for helping us make Wikka better 
A big thanks to all the other members of the Dev Team: DotMG, JavaWoman, NilsLindenberg, YanB for the great job they did on the code and documentation over the last months.
Wikka on IRC
If you need support, want to share ideas, or just want to meet Wikka developers and contributors, you can join us in the #wikka channel at irc.freenode.net.
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BMID businessmodel_innovation_design » Wikka 1.1.6.3 released
8 May 07 at 7:45 am
We appreciate you doing this, thanks!
–Brian
Brian
9 May 07 at 4:32 am
Thanks, great work!
And a way to restrict/validate user registration and comments would be welcome too
Seiti Yamashiro
14 Jun 07 at 7:36 pm
Seiti, the next release will have per-page comment read/post ACLs, as well as a simple config file entry to restrict open user registrations. We’re tossing around a few ideas for user authentication. We want to make sure Wikka remains accessible to all users (which pretty much rules out methods like captchas). I do like the idea of moderated user registration!
Brian
21 Jun 07 at 6:30 pm
I have put up apache on my XP box, and am doing php, mysql, phpadmin, modifying databases etc.
From my “root” I have for ex .\phpadmin and when I go there, index.php works.
However if I go to the .\wikka I get “access denied”, ditto of I do “.\wikka\index.php”. I put an index.htm in the dir and it works, so it is not that apache doesn’t have access to the directory.
I changed the urlrewrite to no. (sorry if I typoed that).
I would appreciate any thoughts.
WardXmodem (Ward Christensen)
10 Jul 07 at 11:49 pm
Oh, and I tried accessing wikka/wikka2.php and THIS time got a 404. So it is the execution of the index.php which is happening, that results in the “access denied”
WardXmodem (Ward Christensen)
10 Jul 07 at 11:52 pm
Ward, create a file in your wikka/ dir called “test.php”, and include the following:
< ?php
phpinfo();
?>
Then try to access that file in your browser. If you bring up a long list of PHP configuration options, then there is either something wrong with your Wikka install, or your permissions aren’t set correctly. If you *don’t* see the PHP configs, then there’s something wrong with your Apache/PHP install.
Brian
14 Jul 07 at 4:20 pm