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Maian Pal v1.3 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of Maian Pal v1.3. Please note that the minimum PHP version required to run Maian Pal is now v7 for security. PHP5 is way out of date now and will no longer be supported. The new version officially supports the later PHP7 branches and PHP8. Download: https://www.maianpal.com/downloadv1.3 Changelog: https://www.maianpal.com/changelog.txtRefer to the upgrade information in the docs. If you any problems, please see the support options. As always, if you have purchased a commercial licence for our software, this upgrade is free of charge. We will never charge for upgrades. New releases for all our software is on the way and they will be rolled out soon. ... Full Article
Posted: Sat, March 5, 2022 |
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IMPORTANT! Critical Vulnerability Reported in Maian Cart
This is important if you are running Maian Cart on your servers. A severe vulnerability has been kindly reported to us by security advisor DreyAnd. The issue concerns the elFinder file manager plugin in Maian Cart and it affects all versions from 3.0 to 3.8. This issue will be made public in 2 weeks, so please update your installations. The issue enables a potential hacker to bypass the cart admin restrictions and execute a RCE (remote code execution) on your server. It should be considered high risk and be fixed immediately. If you are running a version older than 3.0, you are not affected. ... Full Article
Posted: Sun, April 11, 2021 |
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Maian Cart v3.8 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of Maian Cart v3.8, this updates a few libraries, fixes some bugs and updates the Authorize.net payment gateway. If you are using Authorize.net you must update your installation and update the signature key, which is generated in your Authorize.net control panel. Previously in Maian Cart this would have been the value of a MD5 hash, but this must now be an actual signature key. See the docs for assistance. Please do not just change the key in your existing installation, the core files must also be updated as they contain API changes related to the Authorize. ... Full Article
Posted: Fri, April 10, 2020 |
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Maian Support v4.3 Released
We are pleased to announce the latest version of Maian Support has now been released. This update sees a lot of new features and changes. Thank you very much for any feedback you have provided and we are sorry if your feature recommendation didn’t make it this time. There are more updates and new features on the way. To view the changelog, please visit the following: https://www.maiansupport.com/changelog.htmlIMPORTANT: The cron job locations for the following have now changed: close-tickets.php, db-backup.php & email-digest.php These were located in the root of Maian Support before, but are now located in the following directory: control/cron/* ... Full Article
Posted: Mon, March 9, 2020 |
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Maian Pay Discontinued & Merry Christmas
The Maian Pay lightweight ecommerce system has been discontinued for the time being. WorldPay is a mess of a payment gateway and it’s not worth the hassle to try and trawl through their awful docs to find what we need. So, for now, Maian Pay is on hold. It will hopefully return in the near future. A couple of other lightweight ecommerce systems should be launched next year, along with many other software updates. Finally, a big thank you to everyone who has continued to support our software, it is very much appreciated. We hope you stay safe and well over the festive period. ... Full Article
Posted: Tue, December 17, 2019 |
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Maian Cart v3.7 Released
We are pleased to announce that v3.7 of Maian Cart has now been released. This includes some fixes, changes and library updates. Note that if you are using Stripe or Authorize.net, you need to update your installations to use the callback secret key (Stripe) or signature key (Authorize.net). See the docs for assistance. Also, Payza and Charity Clear are no longer supported as payment options. You can find the changelog and download info on the Maian Cart website. For upgrades, refer to the upgrade section in the docs. Website: https://www.maiancart.comChangelog: https://www.maiancart.com/changelog.htmlAs always, this is a free upgrade for commercial licence purchasers. ... Full Article
Posted: Mon, December 9, 2019 |
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Maian Coin v1.1 Released
We are pleased to announce that v1.1 of the Maian Coin lightweight ecommerce series has now been released. This includes some fixes, changes and a few new features. You can find the changelog and download info on the Maian Coin website. For upgrades, refer to the upgrade section in the docs. Website: https://www.maiancoin.comChangelog: https://www.maiancoin.com/changelog.htmlAs always, this is a free upgrade for commercial licence purchasers. Hope you like the new version. David (Lead Developer @ Maian Media) ... Full Article
Posted: Fri, November 22, 2019 |