Invalid Security Token Error on Mark Forums Read

[Zachery]

Issue: Customized templates are not updated when you upgrade the software. In vBulletin 3.8.5 we added an additional layer of security to the logout function. If you have custom placement of the markread link, or have customized templates that contain it you may need to manually add the link back in. You can also consider reverting the template and redoing your changes.

To fix your code, there at least 3 occurrences of the link naturally. Please check to find these snippets and replace them.

In the forumhome template find:

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>

Replace with

<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread&amp;markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>

In the navbar template, you will need to find both occurrences of the code:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>

And change it to:

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread&amp;markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a></td>

Additionally if you find any placement of the following code:

forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread

You need to add:

&markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]

So your new link becomes:

forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread[COLOR=red]&markreadhash=$bbuserinfo[securitytoken][/COLOR]