Update: Upgrade your wordpress blog NOW!
The vulnerability is far serious than first mentioned from the extract from WordPress.org bellow and an immediate upgrade is now advised. The security breach hole can allow for a script to add files to the site’s root directory which can lead to major disruption of your blog. Files such as index.html can be added to your site root via this security hole, this can include warez, viruses and porn type files. Thanks to the prompt action of those who spotted the breach and to wordpress for prompt release of the latest secure version we can now eliminate the problem by upgrading immediately.




