The Wordpress developers have just released a security update for their blogging platform Wordpress which raises the version of the software to 2.8.6. It is always recommended to update to a new version of Wordpress as soon as possible and especially so for a security release. This release fixes two vulnerabilities that are only relevant [...]
Wordpress 2.8.5 Security Update
The Wordpress developers have released version 2.8.5 of their popular blogging software. The version is considered a security upgrade and therefor mandatory for all Wordpress blog owners who run their own Wordpress blog (but not those running a blog at Wordpress.com). The developers are calling this released a hardening release as it tightens Wordpress security [...]
Wordpress 2.8.2 Security Patch
A new version of the popular blogging platform Wordpress was released just a few minutes ago. It is an unexpected upgrade considering that the last Wordpress update was less than two weeks ago. The new update fixes a security vulnerability that affects all but the latest version of Wordpress.
The XSS vulnerability could be used to [...]
Wordpress 2.6.5 Security Update
The Wordpress development team has released version 2.6.5 of the blogging plattform for download. The release fixes one security update and three bugs and can be downloaded from the official Wordpress website.
Alternatively only the files wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php can be copied from the new release over the old files to update the blog. The security [...]
Wordpress 2.6.1 released
A new version of Wordpress has been released today and I’m currently in the process of updating all of my Wordpress blogs with the new version. That’s always a lot of work because I tend to prefer a manual update and not the automatic option that was implemented into Wordpress a while ago.
Over 60 fixes [...]
Scan your Wordpress blog for vulnerabilities
Site owners should always be aware of the possibility that their blog gets compromised. This can be because of an old version of Wordpress that is installed or because of vulnerabilities in plugins or themes. It is relatively time consuming to check for updates and stay up to date to make it unlikely that someone would be able to hack your blog.