Quality Clouds 18.2.4 Release Notes
Release date: June 1st, 2018
Highlights
New bests practice implemented
ServiceNow
The following new ServiceNow best practice are included in this release:
| ID | Description | Severity | Area of impact | Affected element | Covered by Quality Clouds | Covered by Update Set scan utility |
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| 9 | Too many fields in a Form Section. | Medium | Performance | Form Section |
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| 67 | Forms with too many sections. | Low | Performance | Form |
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| 104 | UI Scripts with hard-coded sys_ids. | Medium | Manageability | UI Script |
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Javascript
The following new Javascript best practice are included in this release:
| ID | Description | Severity | Area of impact | Affected element | Covered by Quality Clouds | Covered by Update Set scan utility |
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| 200 | Javascript - Optimize Loops | High | Performance | UI Script |
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| 201 | Javascript - Avoid use of eval function | High | Security | UI Script |
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| 202 | Javascript - Use === comparison | Warning | Manageability | UI Script |
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| 203 | Javascript - Avoid use of alert function | Low | Scalability | UI Script |
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| 204 | Javascript - Avoid use of local storage on Client Scripts | High | Security | UI Script |
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| 205 | JavaScript - Avoid unrestricted targetOrigin on cross-domain messaging | High | Security | UI Script |
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| 206 | Javascript - Avoid use of Function Constructors | High | Security | UI Script |
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| 207 | Javascript - Avoid use of WebDB | High | Security | UI Script |
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| 208 | Javascript - Avoid use of debugger statements | High | Security | UI Script |
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| 209 | JavaScript - Avoid making connections on unsafe protocols | High | Security | UI Script |
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New configuration item types included in analysis
The following configuration element types are now included in the analysis:
- UI Scripts
- Form Layouts
- Form Sections
New Update Set
The new update set contains the access control lists (ACLs) needed to access the new tables scanned for the new Configuration Element types.
The incremental UpdateSet to upgrade to version 18.2.4.0 from version 18.2.2.0 is available here: sys_remote_update_set_QualityClouds_18_2_1_to_18_2_4.xml.
The full UpdateSet to configure a brand-new instance for Quality Clouds version 18.2.4.0 is available on Set up your ServiceNow instance.
Scan Website new features
Added Scan Date baseline for Scan Mail variations. Minor changes in the calculation of some of the ratios.
Prevent overlapped user sessions to avoid dashboard visualization issues.
New Free Update Set scan notification mail with attached results file.
API v2 endpoints now available.
Enhanced API logging.
Added password recovery option.
Minor fixes and cosmetic changes
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