Vulnerability in EPiServer.Forms

Try our conversational search powered by Generative AI!

Ben  McKernan
Sep 18, 2017
  12159
(11 votes)

Planned Breaking Changes 2017 (CMS UI)

Notable Changes

TinyMCE Package

The TinyMCE editor and related plugin configuration features will be moved into a separate NuGet package as an add-on with its own versioning number and breaking changes. This is to allow us to have a release cycle for TinyMCE which is decoupled from the CMS UI release cycle.

 

ASP.NET Identity

It was previously not possible to reset a user's password programmatically when using the ASP.NET Identity provider. Due to a bug, the method for resetting the password simply generated a reset token but never changed the password.

ApplicationUIUserManager<TUser>.ResetPassword(IUIUser user) will now throw a not supported exception. This is because ASP.NET Identity does not support generating new passwords for security reasons, i.e. it is bad practice to send a new password to the user in plain text. The new method ResetPassword(IUIUser user, string newPassword) should be used instead.

Both methods will still work when using the API with older membership providers.

 

Dynamic Content and XForms Packages

The legacy features Dynamic Content and XForms will be removed from the platform and moved into separate NuGet packages as add-ons with their own versioning number and breaking changes. As the platform progresses, these features will become more limited over time. We recommend migrating to Forms or Blocks wherever possible.

 

Target .NET 4.6.1 Framework

The CMS Core team is now targeting .NET 4.6.1 in order to be compliant with NetStandard 2.0, and as such, all CMS UI projects will also target this framework.

 

Deprecations

jQuery

The jQuery library that is bundled with the CMS UI is being deprecated and should no longer be used.

 

Gadget Framework

As we have mentioned previously here, the gadget framework has been deprecated but will remain in the product for CMS 11. We recommend, however, that you begin to convert your gadgets to components now.

 

Other Changes

  • IContentChangeManager.Move(IContent source, IContent destination, bool createAsLocalAsset) will now return the ContentReference of the moved content instead of void.
  • The key for content repository descriptors is no longer case sensitive.
  • DateTime properties on the visitor group criterion model will now be serialized to ISO 8601 when being sent to the client.
  • The UIHint.BlockFolder and UIHint.MediaFolder have been obsoleted and should be replaced with UIHint.AssetsFolder.
  • The UIHint.LongString has been obsoleted and should be replaced with UIHint.Textarea.
  • Removed many previously obsoleted constructors from classes where another a public constructor is available for use instead.

And of course, included with all this are a lot of bug fixes :)

Sep 18, 2017

Comments

Aria Zanganeh
Aria Zanganeh Oct 31, 2017 12:29 AM

Really good move. Now I can say Episerver is lightweight and Enterprise CMS!

Please login to comment.
Latest blogs
Join the Work Smarter Webinar: Working with the Power of Configured Commerce (B2B) Customer Segmentation December 7th

Join this webinar and learn about customer segmentation – how to best utilize it, how to use personalization to differentiate segmentation and how...

Karen McDougall | Dec 1, 2023

Getting Started with Optimizely SaaS Core and Next.js Integration: Creating Content Pages

The blog post discusses the creation of additional page types with Next.js and Optimizely SaaS Core. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to...

Francisco Quintanilla | Dec 1, 2023 | Syndicated blog

Stop Managing Humans in Your CMS

Too many times, a content management system becomes a people management system. Meaning, an organization uses the CMS to manage all the information...

Deane Barker | Nov 30, 2023

A day in the life of an Optimizely Developer - Optimizely CMS 12: The advantages and considerations when exploring an upgrade

GRAHAM CARR - LEAD .NET DEVELOPER, 28 Nov 2023 In 2022, Optimizely released CMS 12 as part of its ongoing evolution of the platform to help provide...

Graham Carr | Nov 28, 2023

A day in the life of an Optimizely Developer - OptiUKNorth Meetup January 2024

It's time for another UK North Optimizely meet up! After the success of the last one, Ibrar Hussain (26) and Paul Gruffydd (Kin + Carta) will be...

Graham Carr | Nov 28, 2023

Publish content to Optimizely CMS using a custom GPT from OpenAI 🤖

Do you find the traditional editor interface complicated and cluttered? Would you like an editorial AI assistant you can chat with? You can!

Tomas Hensrud Gulla | Nov 28, 2023 | Syndicated blog