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WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affect 20 million downloads

by PurpleFeathers
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quote..." WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affect 20 million downloads

Summary: Since May, security firm Sucuri has discovered critical WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affecting four plugins that have nearly 20 million downloads "...endquote

author: Violet Blue
date: July 17, 2014 -- 12:34 GMT (05:34 PDT)

link: WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affect 20 million downloads | ZDNet
#affect #downloads #million #plugin #vulnerabilities #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Stefan Vee
    Originally Posted by PurpleFeathers View Post

    quote..." WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affect 20 million downloads

    Summary: Since May, security firm Sucuri has discovered critical WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affecting four plugins that have nearly 20 million downloads "...endquote

    author: Violet Blue
    date: July 17, 2014 -- 12:34 GMT (05:34 PDT)

    link: WordPress plugin vulnerabilities affect 20 million downloads | ZDNet
    Moral of the story ... be careful with highly popular plugins.
    "All in One SEO Pack" is the real surprise to me!
    Thanks for the warning (and share)
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    • Profile picture of the author Patrick
      Why is it a surprise ?

      Any plugin that is not updated regularly becomes a security threat. Probably you didn't read this line in that article

      "All vulnerabilities have been patched in new versions of each plugin."

      So its completely safe to use them.
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      • Profile picture of the author PurpleFeathers
        RE: Stefan Vee: Thanks for the warning (and share)

        you are welcome.
        So much to software to update sometimes, easy to loose track...
        almost as bad as not encrypting data on personal computers.
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