For those of you who do not check your Wordpress Dashboard religiously, Wordpress 2.1.1 is “Dangerous”. If you downloaded the files recently, Wordpress 2.1.1 “may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately”.
Matt said
This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.
It was determined that a cracker had gained user-level access to one of the servers that powers wordpress.org, and had used that access to modify the download file. We have locked down that server for further forensics, but at this time it appears that the 2.1.1 download was the only thing touched by the attack. They modified two files in WP to include code that would allow for remote PHP execution.
Scary stuff indeed.
Get Wordpress 2.1.2 here, but before you upgrade, review how to backup your Wordpress database. Be sure to manually backup the following manually by copying the files to your desktop before you upgrade:
- /wp-content folder
- wp-config.php
- .htaccess files before you upgrade
Mac users, when you download your backup copy of your .htaccess file to your desktop for a backup, you will need to use this code to see your .htaccess. Open up a Terminal and type
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
This tells finder to show hidden files. To switch back to your standard view, in Terminal type
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder
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