WordPress 2.8.3 fixes some security issues
Posted by Karen in blogging, wordpress, tags: blogging, blogs, Software, wordpressSo, there I was about to check out the SPAM on my blog when lo and behold the wonderful yellow banner is on the dashboard, telling me that a new release of WordPress is now available, so without further ado I automatically upgraded, why? Well here’s the quote from the Wordpress blog about the release of WordPress 2.8.3.
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 are fixed in 2.8.3. Since this is a security release, upgrading is highly recommended. Download 2.8.3, or upgrade automatically from your admin.
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So if you are running WordPress update it now 
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Twitter: extremejohn
(165 comments) says:
You know I have never updated my Wordpress Blog, I always had someone do it for me but times are getting tough so thats not happening now. It looks pretty difficult when I go through the directions real quick.
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
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August 4th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I use the auto update on the Wordpress dashboard, but I suppose it all depends on what version you are running
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Hi Karen, nice to meet you. Nice blog you got here. Thanks for stopping by my blog
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Twitter: bbrian017
(33 comments) says:
Silly wordpress this was a complaint at the start of my most recent blog article!
I would say it’s ironic but I don’t think so. Every bloggers said something somewhere about yet another wordpress update.
@ John you’re lucky! Updating is overrated
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I upgraded today and it really did just take seconds. Everyone remember to back up your database every time before you upgrade though.
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Karen
Twitter: Blazing_Minds
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August 5th, 2009 at 8:58 am
That’s a very important issue there Christie, don’t forget to backup first everyone
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Twitter: ShotOfCoffee
(63 comments) says:
I used to be really slow about updating wordpress, but because of all of the security holes, I started updating as soon as possible.
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OMG. Another update? Really hate it
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As it happens there is a large security issue with wordpress 2.8.3 which can be exploited to gain acces to the admin area of the blog without using the log-in screen. Wordpress 2.8.4 tackles this issue gracefully-i think that this version was brought out only to solve this issue.
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