Upgrade now for security: CiviCRM 6.12.1

CiviCRM has just released a security update, version 6.12.1

This update covers 17 security issues — which are now known to the public and to any bad guys who want to mess with you.

Security updates are important. You don’t want to let this slide.

If you’ll be handling this update yourself, now is the time to do it:

• Review the official documentation on upgrades, including the specifics for your CMS (Drupal, WordPress, Backdrop, etc), and make sure you understand it.

• Ensure you understand how to perform a full site backup — and how to restore your site from a backup if needed.

• If this is your first time, block out a couple of hours for the actual upgrade.

If you’re a subscriber to Joinery’s Operational Assurance plan for ongoing support, and/or a Joinery hosting subscriber, we’ll be handling this upgrade for you, including full pre-upgrade backups and post-upgrade verification.

If you need help performing this upgrade, consider booking a coaching call so we can walk through it together, or subscribing to the Operational Assurance plan. Or heck, just hit reply here and ask me a question about it.

Whatever you do, don’t put this off.

• A security release is a fix for issues you probably don’t even know you have.

• But just as importantly, it’s an announcement to the world that all un-upgraded sites have a specific set of security vulnerabilities. You don’t want to be one of those.

All the best,
A.