Wordpress 2.6.2 Released !!
- Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 13:56
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Wordpress fixes an exploit thats mainly important for blogs with open registration enabled.They say
It is possible in WordPress versions 2.6.1 and earlier to craft a username such that it will allow res
etting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password.
2.6.2 also contains a few more bug fixes.
Download Wordpress 2.6.2, You can also upgrade your WP Installation using WAUP, [ Wordpress Automatic Upgrade Plugin ]
etting another user’s password to a randomly generated password. The randomly generated password is not disclosed to the attacker, so this problem by itself is annoying but not a security exploit. However, this attack coupled with a weakness in the random number seeding in mt_rand() could be used to predict the randomly generated password.