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New Akismet Release Fixes XSS Security Loophole

ByDebbie Campbell October 19, 2015September 18, 2020

Last week a critical security problem was found in the popular Akismet anti-spam plugin that comes installed by default with WordPress. If you haven’t updated already, please do it today! Version 3.1.5 was released on Thursday. More info on the problem here…

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Using Jetpack or Twenty Fifteen Theme? Update Them Now!

ByDebbie Campbell May 6, 2015December 10, 2016

Another XSS security issue was found today in the popular poly-plugin Jetpack and the Twenty Fifteen default theme. Both use a set of web icons for blogs called Genericons and this is where the issue lies – an insecure file within the Genericons package. Read…

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