Archive for August, 2009
WordPress <= 2.8.3 Reset Admin Password Vulnerability
An exploit has been released for all current versions of WordPress including WordPress
Critical IPhone SMS Vulnerability
Apple is releasing a critical patch on Saturday to address a recent vulnerability that was demonstrated at the infamous Blackhat hacking conference.
Charlie Miller, a consultant with Independent Security Evaluators, and Collin Mulliner, a PhD student at the Technical University of Berlin, presented the details of the vulnerability at the Black Hat Security Conference in Las [...]
WordPress 2.8.3 Fixes Security Holes
If you haven’t already done so, we’d stongly recommend upgrading to WordPress 2.8.3. Also, the WordPress 2.0.x branches are now deprecated (a bit earlier then expected) and will therefore no longer be maintained. [Link]
Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1. Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs. [...]
