WordPress Security Update

We were recently notified of a SQL injection bug in the WordPress code. Matt patched the code and updated the archive on the downloads page last night. All users are encouraged to upgrade to WordPress 1.5.1.2.

The patch is very simple (it just requires one new line of code in the get_category_by_ID() function), so if you don’t want to upgrade your whole installation, you can follow the instructions in the announcement. As a side note, the same fix applies to version 1.2, but at around line number 125 in the file.

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This entry was written by Dougal, posted on 5/27/2005 at 2:57 pm, filed under Blogs, Security, Tech, WordPress and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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  1. PaulaO
    Posted 5/28/2005 at 12:23 am | Permalink

    did up a ‘blond version’ of the update.

    http://paulaoffutt.com/blog/wp-update/

    I often find the most simple to be the most complicated. ie Idiot pictures piss me the blank off.

  2. David
    Posted 5/30/2005 at 12:50 pm | Permalink

    One of the easiest updates ever… Was there more changed than just the one file, if not, why not just put the file that needs the change on the site?

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