CompuSutra » 2.8.4 http://compusutra.com untangling the web of daily computing Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:26:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Yet Another WordPress Upgrade – 2.8.4 http://compusutra.com/2009/08/yet-another-wordpress-upgrade-2-8-4/ http://compusutra.com/2009/08/yet-another-wordpress-upgrade-2-8-4/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:13:46 +0000 admin http://compusutra.com/?p=834 Yet another upgrade has been announced to WordPress. Version 2.8.3 was released early last week, and today 2.8.4 has been announced. Look at the timeline.

09-Jul 2.8.1
20-Jul 2.8.2
03-Aug 2.8.3
12-Aug 2.8.4

Once again, it is termed a security release. According to Matt, if you are still using 2.8.3

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.

So, go download 2.8.4 or upgrade using your WordPress dashboard.

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