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merk · #5 12-11-2005, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Pcparts

I was told this by someone today. That if you install hacks and mods then a hacker can hack your vb forums just becuase the original code is altered?

If the person who wrote the hack is not knowledgable about security or making sure that their code is secure there is high potential that your forums could be compromised. It is unfortunate, but a fact of installing hacks to any kind of code.

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Originally Posted by Zachery

The vBulletin current working verisons of vBulletin (3.5.2 3.0.11 2.3.8) are SECURE as of this post.

That statement is misleading - they are believed to be secure, they may infact have significant vulnerabilities at the time of your post (which of course the vendor may not know about).

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