Software Update: WordPress 2.8.6

WordPress has revealed an update to its blog script with 2.8.6 as the version number. WordPress is a blogging program that is released under the GPL license. According to the developers, it can be fully operational within five minutes on a computer that already has an installation of PHP and MySQL. In addition to blogging, it is also possible to use the functionality of WordPress through plugins and themes expand. The announcement of version 2.8.6 looks like this:

WordPress 2.8.6 Security Release

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing uploaded file names that can be exploited in certain Apache configurations. Thanks to Benjamin and Dawid for finding and reporting these.