Comments on: Critical Wordpress Update http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/ This is the personal site/blog/experiment of Chris Harrison, a web designer living, working and playing in Augusta, GA. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:45:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5331 Chris Harrison Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:25:14 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5331 Yeah.... letting people know what could be exploited could encourage people other than the cracker responsible to exploit the exploit. Yeah…. letting people know what could be exploited could encourage people other than the cracker responsible to exploit the exploit.

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11446 Chris Harrison Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:25:14 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11446 Yeah.... letting people know what could be exploited could encourage people other than the cracker responsible to exploit the exploit. Yeah…. letting people know what could be exploited could encourage people other than the cracker responsible to exploit the exploit.

]]> By: Matt (mithrill) http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5330 Matt (mithrill) Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:38:57 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5330 Yeah, I noticed the message on my dashboard late yesterday afternoon. I haven't checked to see if anything weird is going on with my blog yet, but I hope they post some additional info about the problem. My guess is the Wordpress developers want to wait till people have a chance to update the software before publishing information about the exploit...no need for more people to have the knowledge to hack wordpress. Yeah, I noticed the message on my dashboard late yesterday afternoon. I haven’t checked to see if anything weird is going on with my blog yet, but I hope they post some additional info about the problem. My guess is the Wordpress developers want to wait till people have a chance to update the software before publishing information about the exploit…no need for more people to have the knowledge to hack wordpress.

]]> By: Matt (mithrill) http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11445 Matt (mithrill) Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:38:57 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11445 Yeah, I noticed the message on my dashboard late yesterday afternoon. I haven't checked to see if anything weird is going on with my blog yet, but I hope they post some additional info about the problem. My guess is the Wordpress developers want to wait till people have a chance to update the software before publishing information about the exploit...no need for more people to have the knowledge to hack wordpress. Yeah, I noticed the message on my dashboard late yesterday afternoon. I haven’t checked to see if anything weird is going on with my blog yet, but I hope they post some additional info about the problem. My guess is the Wordpress developers want to wait till people have a chance to update the software before publishing information about the exploit…no need for more people to have the knowledge to hack wordpress.

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5329 Chris Harrison Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:29:16 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5329 I saw the links on the WP dashboard... I'm not sure what the exploit was... but I did notice a weird folder in my root site dir last night that was created on 2 Mar 07. Hopefully they'll release more info on what exactly happened and what could have happened if people didn't upgrade. I saw the links on the WP dashboard… I’m not sure what the exploit was… but I did notice a weird folder in my root site dir last night that was created on 2 Mar 07. Hopefully they’ll release more info on what exactly happened and what could have happened if people didn’t upgrade.

]]> By: Chris Harrison http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11444 Chris Harrison Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:29:16 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11444 I saw the links on the WP dashboard... I'm not sure what the exploit was... but I did notice a weird folder in my root site dir last night that was created on 2 Mar 07. Hopefully they'll release more info on what exactly happened and what could have happened if people didn't upgrade. I saw the links on the WP dashboard… I’m not sure what the exploit was… but I did notice a weird folder in my root site dir last night that was created on 2 Mar 07. Hopefully they’ll release more info on what exactly happened and what could have happened if people didn’t upgrade.

]]> By: Matt (mithrill) http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5328 Matt (mithrill) Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:21:34 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5328 I'm glad you're also trying to get the word out about this critical update. I also mentioned it in my RSS feed by <a href="http://del.icio.us/mithrill" rel="nofollow">del.icio.us</a> and on the <a href="http://godbit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1998" rel="nofollow">Godbit forum</a>. Thanks for sharing the two wordpress links. I hadn't seen the second post about the Emergency Update Notification for WordPress 2.1+. I’m glad you’re also trying to get the word out about this critical update. I also mentioned it in my RSS feed by del.icio.us and on the Godbit forum.

Thanks for sharing the two wordpress links. I hadn’t seen the second post about the Emergency Update Notification for WordPress 2.1+.

]]> By: Matt (mithrill) http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11443 Matt (mithrill) Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:21:34 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11443 <a href="http://del.icio.us/mithrill" rel="nofollow">del.icio.us</a> and on the <a href="http://godbit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1998" rel="nofollow">Godbit forum</a>.<br><br>Thanks for sharing the two wordpress links. I hadn't seen the second post about the Emergency Update Notification for WordPress 2.1+. del.icio.us and on the Godbit forum.

Thanks for sharing the two wordpress links. I hadn’t seen the second post about the Emergency Update Notification for WordPress 2.1+.

]]> By: Andy Thompson http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5326 Andy Thompson Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:48:39 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-5326 I heard it here first. Thanks, bro. I heard it here first. Thanks, bro.

]]> By: Andy Thompson http://cdharrison.com/2007/03/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11442 Andy Thompson Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:48:39 +0000 http://cdharrison.com/index.php/2007/03/02/critical-wordpress-update/#comment-11442 I heard it here first. Thanks, bro. I heard it here first. Thanks, bro.

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