Security vulnerability found in WordPress; Upgrade to 2.6.3

News of a vulnerability in the Snoopy open source PHP library has surfaced. WordPress uses the Snoopy library to power feeds in administration section’s Dashboard.

A fix — WordPress 2.6.3 — was released today. You can download the entire package, or just download the two affected files and upload them to your server.

Published 23 Oct 2008 • Permalink • Post a comment

Categories: General

Tags: PHP, Security, WordPress, snoopy library

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Tiffany B. Brown

Security vulnerability found in WordPress; Upgrade to 2.6.3