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YOURLS 1.7 "Tom Araya"

· 2 min read
Ozh Richard
Ozh Richard
Maintainer of YOURLS

I'm pleased to announce the release of YOURLS 1.7 "Tom Araya".

\m/ Tom Araya \m/​

In our now centennial tradition of naming YOURLS releases after a metal vocalist, I'm dedicating this release to Tom Araya, from the most excellent badass old-school thrash band we all love, Slayer. Well, vocalist, or maybe screamist, you be the judges 🙂 Before you continue reading, feel free to crank up some good ol' relaxing tune.

Update now. Seriously, now\';UPDATE `your_table` WITH `crap`​

YOURLS 1.7 brings several exciting new features, and I will cover major ones in an upcoming series of short blog posts. If you're of the TL;DR type, check the changelog.

The first feature I want to highlight is not even a feature, it's a bugfix: in YOURLS 1.7 we have scrutinized several aspects regarding security and we have fixed a potential SQL injection vulnerability.

If you run YOURLS for your own and only use, update ASAP, but if you run a public URL shortener, update riiiiiiiiiiight nooooooooooooow (read that in Tom Araya's voice to get the feeling)

This update is a simple drop-in replacement: download the latest archive, unzip and upload to your server, overwriting existing files. No update procedure, no DB upgrade.

Update as soon as you can, and do your friends a favor: tell them a new version of YOURLS is out and they should update, tweet and retweet the good word.

Executive summary​

Update now. Blog posts about awesome features in the next days.