Archive for the ‘WordPress Tips’ Category
WordPress Security Updates
Written by admin on April 7, 2007 – 10:37 am -WordPress has released updates to both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches. These releases fix XSS and XML-RPC errors and are highly recommended.
Major security issue in WordPress 2.1.1
Written by admin on March 3, 2007 – 12:18 am -If you upgraded to WordPress 2.1.1 you need to upgrade immediately to 2.1.2.
From the WordPress notification:
Longer explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.
It was determined that a cracker had gained user-level access to one of the servers that powers wordpress.org, and had used that access to modify the download file. We have locked down that server for further forensics, but at this time it appears that the 2.1.1 download was the only thing touched by the attack. They modified two files in WP to include code that would allow for remote PHP execution.
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BuyHTTP Firefox Toolbar and WordPress 2.1
Written by admin on January 24, 2007 – 4:27 am -
We have created a new Firefox toolbar to help you navigate BuyHTTP and our system. The toolbar features one-click access to the Account Manager, Affiliate system and more. Click the button to install the toolbar.
WordPress has also released version 2.1. There are over 500 bugfixes available, so it is highly recommended to upgrade. You can download the release here.