Extremely bad bug found in vBulletin 5, can nuke all posts in a forum...

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  1. CM30

    CM30 Regular Member

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    http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-8507

    http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=100696

    I came across it on The Admin Zone, and you know what the issue apparently is?

    If you try and delete spam threads with the inline spam management tools, it deletes ALL threads in the forum in question. So in other words, if you tried to delete a spam thread here in the vBulletin section... all vBulletin related content on Admin Talk would be wiped off the face of the planet.

    So yeah. Probably the worst possible bug you could find in the software isn't it? And all it'd take is one vBulletin 5 big board to not notice this and bam, one completely wiped out forum. God help Internet Brands if a member of staff there turns rogue now...
     
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  2. Brandon

    Brandon Regular Member

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    OMG...

    If you try and delete spam threads with the inline spam management tools, it deletes ALL threads in the forum in question.
     
  3. Iconic

    Iconic The Original

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    Wow, just wow.
     
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    Finally vb listens to customers. We have asked for effective spamcleaners for a long time.
     
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    ai.imgur.com_pQqGw.gif
     
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  6. Jura

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    I seem to remember Wordpress nuking its database as a bug.
     
  7. Brandon

    Brandon Regular Member

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    I wonder how long before there is a patch released, I would have expected one this weekend but maybe the dev don't work weekends.
     
  8. Martin W

    Martin W Regular Member

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    The devs work at all?

    On a serious note I hope this gets fixed soon.
     
  9. Lynne

    Lynne Regular Member

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    This can only happen if you are userid 1. (I'm not trying to lessen the issue, I just wanted to clarify something about it.)
     
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    Thanks for the heads up @Lynne
    Also I see I misspelled patch :censored:
     
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    it new feature that you can only get it from vb5c :ROFL:
     

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