Follow-up to WordPress vulnerabilities http://www.pcworld.com/article/2915652/wordpress-quickly-patches-second-critical-vulnerability.html    ~ Nancy Nancy Janyszeski NENC SC USGenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.org From: National Coordinator Denise Wells via <board@rootsweb.com> To: "<usgenweb-discuss@rootsweb.com>" <usgenweb-discuss@rootsweb.com>; "<state-coord@rootsweb.com>" <state-coord@rootsweb.com>; Board <board@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 10:39 PM Subject: [BOARD] Fwd: WordPress Security Updates This was received today from WordPress. If you have an account and/or your website with USGenWeb is a wordpress site, please the appropriate actions. Thank you. Denise. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: "CompUhelp Technical Services" <CompUhelp@netnitco.net> > Date: April 27, 2015 at 8:25:32 PM EDT > To: <ncusgenweb@gmail.com> > Subject: FW: WordPress Security Updates > > Denise >  > Receive this email from one of the hosting companies. Seems Wordpress has some issues. >  > Jeff >  > From: Precision Web Hosting, Inc. [mailto:billing@precisionwebhosting.com] > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 12:11 PM > To: Jeff Kemp > Subject: WordPress Security Updates >  > > > This is a general community announcement for all users of WordPress. If you are using WordPress as a blog or for your main site, this applies to you. > We'd li items to bring your attention to an XSS vulnerability affecting multiple WordPress plugins and themes. > Anyone using a WordPress website, regardless of where the theme or plugin was sourced, needs to be aware of this and take immediate action to ensure it is secure. > > What should I do? > > Our advice is to check for updates to any WordPress themes or plugins you are using and apply any updates as soon as possible. Then also check at least monthly for new updates.  > > We strongly recommend continuing to check for updates, especially over the next few weeks, but also on an ongoing basis. It is important to always keep your WordPress installation and associated plugins and themes up to date. > > More details are available via the following links: > > https://blog.sucuri.net/2015/04/security-advisory-xss-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-wordpress-plugins.html > http://wptavern.com/xss-vulnerability-affects-more-than-a-dozen-popular-wordpress-plugins > https://poststatus.com/coordinated-plugin-updates-to-address-security-vulnerability-in-many-popular-wordpress-plugins/ > > > If you don't want to update WordPress yourself, we can also do this for you;  On a per occasion basis, our hourly rate is $60 per hour with a 1/2 hour minimum. > > Or, for peace of mind, you can subscribe to our "WordPress security updates and monitoring" plan where we will monitor your site security, check for updates, and do any security updates once per month. > Ths cost for this security maintenance plan is $15/month. > > To request either, please reply to this email and we will set it up for you. > > Precision Web Hosting Team USGenWeb Advisory Board Agenda: http://usgenweb.org/agenda2.shtml ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message