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Friday, May 25, 2007
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Blogging PSA

This obviously doesn't affect me, but does potentially affect many of the other blogs I read:

Security analyst David Kierznowski shocked bloggers yesterday with a survey showing that 49 out of the 50 WordPress blogs he checked seem to be running exploitable versions of the widely used software. He said, 'The main concern here is the lack of security awareness amongst bloggers with a non-technical background, and even those with a technical background.' Mr Kierznowski also uncovered recent vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins that ship by default with the software, adding: 'WordPress users developing plugins must be aware of the security functions that WordPress supports, and ensure that these functions are used in their code.'

So if you run WordPress on your own domain, check your version and upgrade if you are running anything less than 2.0.10 or 2.2.

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Friday, May 25, 2007 9:31:10 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
Since I'm not really sure what a 'plug in' is, does that mean I should worry? :/
Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:14:00 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
I'm not a WordPress user, so I can't say for sure. But I think a "plugin" is something external that you install which you put in your template for your blog to add extra stuff, like special comment features, technorati searches, etc. I don't think you have much to worry about, since you're on the Wordpress domain which keeps its software up to date.
Saturday, May 26, 2007 4:29:11 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
Ooooh... ok. Thank you sir! :)
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