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WordPress 2.8.4

Chess Teacher — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:05:49 +0000

I have upgraded to WordPress 2.8.4, because yesterday a vulnerability was discovered by the WordPress team: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) would have its password reset and a new password would be emailed to the account owner. This doesn’t allow remote access, but it is very annoying.

Version 2.8.4 seems to fix all known problems and is highly recommended for all users of WordPress.

Chess playing by Malkolm – Bust it Away Photography

WordPress 2.8.2

Chess Teacher — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:14:56 +0000

I upgraded to WordPress 2.8.2 which fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect from the admin to another site.

WordPress 2.8.1

Chess Teacher — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:19:48 +0000

I’ve upgraded this chess tutorials site to WordPress 2.8.1.
So far I didn’t experience problems, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. The admin pages added by certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked. Not all plugins are vulnerable to this problem, but I upgraded to 2.8.1 to be safe.

Oops!!!

Chess Teacher — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:16:56 +0000

I have upgraded to WordPress 2.8, but it seems that this resulted in some problems with the chess diagrams and replayable games.
I’m trying to solve this.

Update: The problem has been solved.
I had to adapt the Show-FEN plugin. A new version of the Show-FEN plugin v1.4 can be downloaded here.

WordPress 2.7.1

Chess Teacher — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:04:10 +0000

I have upgraded this site to WordPress 2.7.1, the first 2.7 maintenance release. I used the possibility to upgrade automatically and it went very well.

WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane”

Chess Teacher — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:36:08 +0000

I have upgraded this site to the newest version of WordPress which is WordPress 2.7. As mentioned in the WordPress 2.7 announcement almost every task I do on this blog will take fewer clicks and is faster in 2.7 than it did in the previous versions. As far as I see everything works fine, but if you notice something strange please let me know.

I always tried to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible and this takes a lot of time, but this may be the last time that I have to manually upgrade WordPress again. One of the nice features of this new version is that it includes a built-in upgrade that enables me to upgrade this blog with a single click.

WordPress 2.6.5

Chess Teacher — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:13:25 +0000

WordPress 2.6.5 has been released and I have upgraded to this latest version since it also solves a security issue.

First I thought that I have missed 2.6.4, but this version number is skipped to avoid confusion with a fake 2.6.4 release that seems to be around.

Blue Grace

Chess Teacher — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:58:45 +0000

And the new theme is Blue Grace made by Vladimir Prelovac. I have made some changes in order to enable the moving chess pieces and I also have to change some things in my previously published lessons to use the new theme to its full extent.
The images were replaced by chess pictures, but the original background remained unchanged. Do you miss the chess background I used in the previous theme?

Finishline

Chess Teacher — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:26:50 +0000

I think it is time to change the wordpress theme, but I want to remember the Finishline theme. The picture below shows a reduced size image of a screendump.

WordPress 2.6.3

Chess Teacher — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:00:52 +0000

There is a new security update for WordPress. Although the vulnerability seems to be a low risk vulnerability, I upgraded as soon as possible.