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| General | vBulletin  |
|---|---|
 Version |
 3.7.0 |
| Release Date |
2008-04-29 |
| Author |
Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. |
| URL |
www.vbulletin.com |
| Free and Open Source |
 No |
| License |
commercial / visible source |
| License cost |
$160 owned or $85/year |
| Programming Language |
PHP |
| UTF-8 Support |
 Yes |
| Type |
Threaded or Flat |
| Installation method |
wizard |
| Upgrade method |
wizard |
| Data Storage | vBulletin |
| MySQL |
Yes |
| Postgres |
No |
| Oracle |
No |
| SQLite |
No |
| Textfiles |
No |
| other |
|
| Hosting available |
No |
| Posts | vBulletin |
| BBCode |
Yes |
| HTML |
Yes |
| Emoticons |
Yes |
| Formatting Toolbar |
Yes |
| WYSIWYG Editor |
Yes |
| Quoting |
Single |
| Syntax Highlighting |
Yes |
| Attachments |
Multiple files |
| Forums | vBulletin |
| Categories |
Yes |
| Subforums |
unlimited |
| Last Post |
Yes |
| Redirect Forums |
Yes |
| Trashcan Forum |
Yes |
| Anti-Spam and Security | vBulletin |
| CAPTCHA |
Yes |
| Groups |
Multiple groups |
| Flood Control |
Yes |
| ACLs |
Yes |
| Blacklist |
Yes |
| Warnings |
Yes |
| Suspension |
Yes |
| Bans |
Yes |
| IP-Block |
Yes |
| Audit Logging |
Yes |
| User Reports |
Yes |
| Other |
Akismet |
| Notification | vBulletin |
| RSS/ATOM |
Yes |
| E-Mail |
Yes |
| Instant Messaging |
|
| Bookmarks |
Yes |
| Community | vBulletin |
| Avatars |
Yes |
| User Ranks |
Yes |
| Rating/Karma System |
Yes |
| Signatures |
Yes |
| Users Online List |
Yes |
| Private Messaging |
Yes |
| Custom profile fields |
Yes |
| Moderation | vBulletin |
| Moderators |
global and forums |
| Move Threads |
Yes |
| Split Threads |
Yes |
| Close Threads |
Yes |
| Shadow Topics |
Yes |
| Sticky Threads |
Yes |
| Important Threads |
Yes |
| Search | vBulletin |
| Full-text search |
Yes |
| Author search |
Yes |
| Advanced search |
Yes |
| Unread Topics |
Database tracked |
| Customization | vBulletin |
| Languages |
Official: English, German, Chinese, Hungarian; Translatable into any language |
| Templates |
global and forum specific |
| Custom BBCodes |
Yes |
| Skin-Editor |
Yes |
| Smiley Packs |
Yes |
| Plugins |
Yes |
| Special Features | vBulletin |
| Statistics |
Yes |
| Polls |
Yes |
| Calendar |
Yes |
| Friendly URLs |
Yes |
| Data Management | vBulletin |
| Pruning |
Yes |
| Archiving |
No |
| Export Formats |
Single Table CSV, Single and Multi-Table SQL |
| Export private messages |
Yes |
| Lo-Fi View |
Yes |
vBulletin
vBulletin is a powerful, scalable and fully customizable forums package for your web site. It has been written using the Web's quickest-growing scripting language; PHP, and is complemented with a highly efficient and ultra fast back-end database engine built using MySQL.
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- Last updated:
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Security Advisories
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apply security related patches as soon as possible.
- 2007-05-17 vBulletin Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- 2007-03-14 vBulletin "Attached Before" and "Attached After" SQL Injection
- 2007-03-01 vBulletin "postids" SQL Injection Vulnerability
- 2007-02-08 vBulletin "Attachment Manager" Cross-Site Scripting
- 2006-11-20 vBulletin "prefs" / "navprefs" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- 2006-08-04 vBulletin Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion
- 2006-03-03 vBulletin User Email Address Script Insertion Vulnerability
- 2006-01-04 vBulletin "Add Reminder" Script Insertion Vulnerability
- 2005-11-03 vBulletin Image Script Insertion Vulnerability
- 2005-09-20 vBulletin Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 2005-08-24 vBulletin BBCode IMG Tag Cross-Site Request Forgery
- 2005-02-22 vBulletin "template" PHP Code Injection Vulnerability
- 2005-01-18 vBulletin Two Vulnerabilities
- 2004-09-15 vBulletin "x_invoice_num" SQL Injection Vulnerability
- 2004-06-25 vBulletin "newreply.php" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- 2004-03-17 vBulletin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities