WordPress 3.4.2 hardens security
Posted on 07 September 2012.
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WordPress 3.4.2, now available for download, is a maintenance and security release for all previous versions.


After nearly 15 million downloads since 3.4 was released not three months ago, the developers identified and fixed a number of bugs, including:
  • Fix some issues with older browsers in the administration area.
  • Fix an issue where a theme may not preview correctly, or its screenshot may not be displayed.
  • Improve plugin compatibility with the visual editor.
  • Address pagination problems with some category permalink structures.
  • Avoid errors with both oEmbed providers and trackbacks.
  • Prevent improperly sized header images from being uploaded.
Version 3.4.2 also fixes a few security issues and contains some security hardening.

The vulnerabilities included potential privilege escalation and a bug that affects multisite installs with untrusted users. These issues were discovered and fixed by the WordPress security team.






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