Just when we thought that the additional workload that is so typical for the time before Christmas - you certainly know what we are talking about - was slowly drawing to an end with the last days before Christmas, the Virtuemart Core team decided to surprise its users once more with some great news at the end of the year. Virtuemart 2.0 has now been released in a stable version!

A few hours ago, a serious security vulnerability (1.1.6 BLIND SQL INJECTION EXPLOIT) was discovered in Virtuemart 1.1.x. This vulnerability is currently spread via Twitter.

Consequently, we strongly advise users to take countermeasures as soon as possible to prevent any exploitation of this vulnerability. By manipulating the URL, a malicious code can be planted into the Joomla! installation which can be used to execute SQL commands, for example, and thus gain control over the website.

You would like to run a shop with Joomla! and Virtuemart and are looking for a Virtuemart Theme or Virtuemart Template to optically add value to your Virtuemart shop? In that case, you should consider in advance what you would like to achieve with your shop. Do you want to run a Joomla! eCommerce shop just for fun? No, of course not.

You want to make money. Consequently, you should at first contemplate how you can stand apart from your competitors... How you can make your customers' visit to your shop as convenient as possible - until they ideally buy something. Would you shop in a store that looks just like all the others? I wouldn't...

Will an online shop created sloppily with the standard Virtuemart theme or a free Virtuemart theme used by innumerable people gain the trust of your potential customers? This is a question you should ask yourself as a Joomla eCommerce shop owner. If you see things with the eyes of your potential customers, you will definetly answer this question with "no".

Only about 3 days ago, the Joomla! Core Team released Joomla! version 1.5.16. Unfortunately, 3 bugs slipped into the package, making the package inoperative on some systems. For this reason, a new version was now released with version 1.5.17.

We recommend you to implement this update straight away, especially if you have not updated to version 1.5.16 yet, as this version closed some security gaps that your clients and you wouldn’t want to have in your Joomla! ;-) Further information on the Joomla! update can be found on the Joomla! main page.

So don't forget to update! Your Yagendoo team