No pics display after unexpected .htaccess change

[stryker]

Hello,

I have multiple GS websites on one server (IE greater than 20). They are version 3.2.3 of Get Simple CMS. and have a weird issue that hopefully someone can shed some light on.

On MAY 19th for some reason all the .htaccess files were changed on all these websites and a copy of the original ones was renamed .htaccess.old.

i believe it has to do with the Apache upgrade to 2.4

Pretty much all the .htaccess files in all subfolders of each website (except for 1 or 2 for some reason)

Since that date all photos would not display correctly. I think it has to do with permissions.

When I analyse both the old and new .htaccess files there was one main difference - other text in the same files was left unchanged.

Oiginal text.

<Files ~ "\.xml$">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
</Files>
<Files sitemap.xml>
Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Satisfy All
</Files>

Changed text
<Files ~ "\.xml$">
Require all denied
    Satisfy All
</Files>
<Files sitemap.xml>
Require all granted
    Satisfy All
</Files>

Does anybody know how to fix this in a cleaner way. 

I have renamed all the .htaccess.old back to .htaccess and this seems to fix the issue but I would like to find a better solution.

I don't really want to upgrade the whole website as this would take longer than renaming the .htaccess files.

I hope someone can help - thanks.