Category: WordPress

WordPress 2.8.3 has been released and similar to WordPress 2.8.2, this is a security fix. Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1. Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs. Several folks in the community dug deeper and discovered…

WordPress 2.8.2 has just been release. WordPress 2.8.2 fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin to another site. Changelog: WordPress 2.8.2 Download: WordPress 2.8.2 Download:…

WordPress 2.8.1 has been released. WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified us that admin pages added by certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked. Not all plugins are vulnerable…

WordPress 2.8 has been released! Here is the quote from Matt: I’m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is immediately available for download. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with…