Wordpress 2.6.5 critical update – 1 Security problem and 3 bugs

Looks like there is a critical update to Wordpress available right now !

According to the official blog –

The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.

2.6.5 contains three other small fixes in addition to the XSS fix. The first prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user ID sanitization during bulk delete requests. For a list of changed files, consult the full changeset between 2.6.3 and 2.6.5.

With all the security issues echoing around, it’s wise to upgrade right away !

Upgrade to Wordpress 2.6.5 now.

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