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WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release

{ Posted on Aug 12 2009 by Matt }
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Categories : Releases, Security
Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.3 Security Release

{ Posted on Aug 03 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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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 areas that were overlooked.  With their help, the remaining issues ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.2

{ Posted on Jul 20 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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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.  Download 2.8.2 or automatically upgrade from the Tools->Upgrade ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.1

{ Posted on Jul 10 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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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 ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1

{ Posted on Jul 08 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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2.8.1 is nigh.  Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release.  Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta 2, and have a look at all of the tickets fixed in 2.8.1.  Thanks for testing WordPress. Read More »

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2

{ Posted on Jun 27 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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2.8.1 Beta 2 is ready for testing.  Download it, check out the changes since beta 1, and review all tickets fixed in 2.8.1.  We especially suggest, recommend, and beg that plugin developers test their plugins against beta 2 and let ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 1

{ Posted on Jun 21 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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Categories : Development, Releases
We’ve started work on the first maintenance release to 2.8.  2.8.1 will fix a handful of bugs that turned up in 2.8.  Today we’re releasing the first beta of 2.8.1.  Download it, and check out the bugs fixed so far.  ...Read More »

2.8 Release Jazzes Themes and Widgets

{ Posted on Jun 11 2009 by Matt }
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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 improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and ...Read More »

WordPress 2.8 Beta 1

{ Posted on May 17 2009 by Ryan Boren }
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Download it, test it, file bugs. What’s new? All of this. Good hunting, all you testers. Read More »
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