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WordPress 3.0.5 is Released

CMDR Mitchcraft

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Another security release – here’s what it fixes:

  • Fix XSS bug: Properly encode title used in Quick/Bulk Edit, and offer additional sanitization to various fields. Affects users of the Author or Contributor role. (r17397, r17406, r17412)
  • Fix XSS bug: Preserve tag escaping in the tags meta box. Affects users of the Author or Contributor role. (r17401)
  • Fix potential information disclosure of posts through the media uploader. Affects users of the Author role. (r17393)
  • Enhancement: Force HTML filtering on comment text in the admin (r17400)
  • Enhancement: Harden check_admin_referer() when called without arguments, which plugins should avoid. (r17387)
  • Update the license to GPLv2 (or later) and update copyright information for the KSES library.

Go forth, and update!

  • WordPress 3.3’s roadmap has been set… at least, it will be.

    WordPress 3.3’s roadmap has been set… at least, it will be.

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    Here’s the email I received of some of the proposed changes to WordPress – a lot of them look super exciting (goodbye IE7!) and plenty of them are just amazing.  What’s your favorite? User Feature: Media Uploader (azaozz) · Definitely v1: Integrate Plupload into dashboard. (GSoC project) · Probably v2: Improve our image manipulation and…

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  • 50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog–Day 3: Sharing is Caring

    50 Days to a Better WordPress Blog–Day 3: Sharing is Caring

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    There’s no better feeling than putting the last period on your post. We want to share it on Twitter or Facebook, but is there such a thing as “too much”?

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