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WordPress: Critical Update For Admin Password Access Issue

Calendar Aug 13, 2009 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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security advisory critical update password reset WordPress admin access
WordPress, the popular blogging software platform, has been updated to fix a flaw that could have enabled a hacker to change an administrator password.

The bug enables a specially crafted URL to evade a password reset security verification check, Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress, said Wednesday on the organization's blog.

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