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: Precision Web Hosting, Inc. [mailto:[email protected]] > 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/ >