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WordPress 2.8.5: Security Hardening Release

Wednesday 21 October 2009 @ 9:49 am

WordPress has released its latest version WP2.8.5 today. This latest version consists of several security improvements, therefore it’s recommended to upgrade your blog so that it’s up-to-date and as secure as possible.

The headline changes in this release are:

A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.

Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.

Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.

Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

You may not see this upgrade notice in your WP dashboard as usual once you login. It’s not visible at the time of writing, but this upgrade is available under Tools > Upgrade. Just select “Upgrade Automatically” or “Download 2.8.5” and upgrade it manually will do.

WordPress has made upgrading so easy and fast, I’m loving it.

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4 Responses to 'WordPress 2.8.5: Security Hardening Release'

V.C - October 22nd, 2009 at 4:56 am
I don’t understand why they released the new version so quickly after the last update 2 months ago.
I don’t see any changing in this new version. It’s not really necessary to upgrade.
izzat aziz - October 22nd, 2009 at 10:45 am
wp 2.9 is just around the cornet, but still they come out with new version of 2.8 good stuff.
Harsh Agrawal - October 22nd, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Saw this update Yesterday and the first thing which I did
was Backup my Db and updated the wordpress. Though wordpress are releasing very quick update.. :|
Himanshu - October 23rd, 2009 at 1:14 am
This is a nice release from WordPress. DDOS attack via trackback relief is nice.I
am eagerly waiting for the new version WordPress 2.9. It will be interesting to see
what will come out from the WordPress box to its users.