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Akismet XSS Vulnerability : Wordpress Security Update

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A scientist from Sucuri told us of a XSS vulnerability in the Akismet WordPress plugin. This bug influences all versions of the Akismet WordPress plugin since 2.5.0, however we have no confirmation that it has been misused in nature.  A vulnerability in Akismet found a week ago and due to fact that Akismet is a standout amongst the most broadly utilized plugins for WordPress, we needed to draw it out into the open.  Akismet is a comment spam channel for WordPress and when all is said in done, it makes an awesome showing. The Akismet team reported on their web journal a week ago that a cross website scripting (XSS) vulnerability had been found in all versions of Akismet since 2.5.0.  The vulnerability permits an hacker to post a remark on a WordPress site which will execute javascript in the WordPress administrator console. This is a normal XSS vulnerability example and one of the assaults it empowers would permit an aggressor to take a WordPress head's treats and increase

Twitter launched official WordPress plugin

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Twitter today reported that its launching its first official Twitter plugin for WordPress that brings a bunch of Twitter functionality to your site effortlessly. The new plugin brings a plenty of features; it consequently generates Twitter Cards for your pages, empowers Twitter Analytics, embeds videos and adds a tweet button to posts in the administrator interface. There's a choice that permits you to change the look of embedded tweets on your site, so it coordinates your topic, alongside various features that help clients begin with Twitter advertising. Features offered by Official Twitter Wordpress Plugin: Embedded Tweet - customize backgrounds and color schemes to match your site's theme Embedded Twitter video - showcase video uploaded to Twitter Tweet button - simple sharing of your site's content on Twitter Twitter Cards - highlight your site's content when shared on Twitter Twitter Analytics - track impressions and top distributors of your site's c