This page last changed on Mar 05, 2008 by smaddox.

6 March 2008
Confluence 2.7.2 is a recommended upgrade which fixes a security flaw and other bugs.

We have fixed a security flaw which allowed users who have 'View' permission (or higher) on a space to purge any page in that space. For details, please refer to the security advisory and related JIRA issue.

Other good fixes in this point release:

  • The Rich Text editor no longer breaks links to pages in other spaces.
  • Some customers have reported problems with permissions after upgrading to Confluence 2.7.1, where some space permissions or global permissions were lost if using a case-sensitive database. From Confluence 2.7.2, the space permissions and global permissions screens will display a message highlighting any case-sensitivity problems. We have also provided a routine to fix existing permissions affected by this issue — read the detailed instructions on running the routine.
  • The JIRA Portlet macro now displays correctly when using trusted communication between JIRA and Confluence.
  • Confluence 2.7.2 also clarifies the procedures around renewing your license before upgrading.

There's a complete list of fixes below. Click a specific issue to see details of the fix, and to download patches where relevant.

Don't have Confluence 2.7 yet?
Take a look at the new features and other highlights in the Confluence 2.7 Release Notes.

Upgrading from a Previous Version of Confluence

Upgrading Confluence should be fairly straightforward. Please read the Confluence 2.7.2 Upgrade Guide. We strongly recommend that you back up your confluence.home directory and database before upgrading.

Updates and Fixes in this Release

JIRA Issues (23 issues)
Type Key Summary Priority Status Resolution
Bug CONF-11638 Formatting of Recently-updated macro broken at the space level if not using Default Confluence Theme Minor Closed Fixed
Bug CONF-10807 Users with view permissions on a space are able to delete (purge) pages they don't have permission to edit/access Blocker Resolved Fixed
Improvement CONF-10777 Stop processing views of historical content in the usage tracking plugin Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10686 Some space permissions lost after upgrade to 2.7.1 Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10621 Improve logging in DefaultSpacePermissionManager Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10534 Fix documentation links in EAR/WAR README file Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10467 Multimedia WMV files embedded into a Confluence page fail to load Major Closed Fixed
Bug CONF-10465 JIRA Portlet Macro not displaying when authenticating using the trusted application between JIRA and Confluence Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10458 WYSIWYG rich text editor breaks links to pages Critical Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10431 Userlister macro no longer seems to work if you don't supply a "group" parameter Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10410 Distortion of dashboard while using Left Navigation Theme Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10399 formatting problems of recentlyupdated.action with leftnavigation theme Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10305 Multimedia *.swf files are not able to render in Internet Explorer browser Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10205 Page permissions info on page info screen doesn't display permission creator correctly Major Closed Duplicate
Bug CONF-10189 Reference to plugin administration should not be viewable by confluence admin, only by sysadmins Minor Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10188 'Attachment storage page' link on EDIT general configuration page is broken Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10181 Global permissions 'Help Tips' disappear. Minor Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10145 PDF generation does not preserve whitespaces defined in code and noformat macros Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-10125 Link in Help Tips on General Configuration page goes to wrong doc space Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-9959 Cannot upgrade from 2.2.10 and earlier to 2.6 without first having to upgrade to 2.5 Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-9723 remove comment notification wrongly claims that the comment author (or perhaps page author?) is the comment remover Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-7919 Using the JIRAPORTLET macro does not render any HTML at all Major Resolved Fixed
Bug CONF-7021 Disabling trackback configuration option does not disable display of incoming pings Major Resolved Fixed


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