Urgent WordPress Update Fixes Critical Flaw in Jetpack Plugin on Million of Sites

Wed, 31 May 2023 18:54:00 Dan

WordPress has issued an automatic update to address a critical flaw in the Jetpack plugin that's installed on over five million sites.

The vulnerability, which was unearthed during an internal security audit, resides in an API present in the plugin since version 2.0, which was released in November 2012.

"This vulnerability could be used by authors on a site to manipulate any files in the WordPress installation," Jetpack said in an advisory. 102 new versions of Jetpack have been released to remediate the bug.

More at https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/urgent-wordpress-update-fixes-critical.html

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I'm a long-time user and enthusiast of open source software and espouse the philosophy that software code should be open (readable). So that everyone can see what happens behind the scenes while we use our electronic devices every day.