Chatbug Karen

Aug 15 2009

You Might Want to Upgrade

Published by Karen at 8:16 pm under internet technology & interests

I think an upgrade is in order…again…sigh.

From WP
esterday 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 the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

We fixed this problem last night and have been testing the fixes and looking for other problems since then.

Tags: blogs, upgrade, WP

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2 Responses to “You Might Want to Upgrade”

# Lynne on 16 Aug 2009 at 8:18 pm

What a pain! I just got my sites upgraded and WP upgrades again! UGH!
.-= Lynne´s last blog ..Bluelight Specials are Back! =-.
# Charity on 17 Aug 2009 at 5:42 am

I’m deferring my upgrade until such time am all ready to overhaul my entire blog, so to speak.

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