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WordPress 2.8.5 Released

by Lars Koudal on 21/10/2009

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A new release of WordPress has just been released.

The highlights of this release:

  • 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.

They call it a “Hardening Release”, and it is – as always – recommended to upgrade as soon as possible. I have already upgraded CleverWP.com .. Just in case :-)

Read more about the release here: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/

Go here to download it: http://wordpress.org/download/

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V.C October 21, 2009 at 14:05

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.

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myWordPress October 22, 2009 at 02:00

Hi VC

Maybe not, but whenever there are security releases, I update. Trackback DOS attacks? Haven’t heard about those, but now I do not have to, I hope.

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