{"id":1724,"date":"2015-05-20T09:24:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T09:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.heliossolutions.co\/blog\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2019-09-26T04:58:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T04:58:26","slug":"wordpress-version-4-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.heliossolutions.co\/blog\/wordpress-version-4-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress version 4.2.2 \u2013 Necessary Security and Maintenance release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WordPress 4.2.2 was released to address a couple of critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. WordPress 4.2.2 is a critical security release for all previous versions to address 2 serious security issues: <a title=\"Wordpress version 4.2.2 \u2013 Necessary Security and Maintenance release\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heliossolutions.co\/cms-development\/wordpress-development\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin: 5px auto;\" alt=\"Wordpress-4.2.2\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.heliossolutions.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Wordpress-4.2.2.png\" width=\"526\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a> <strong>The Genericons icons font package:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><\/strong>This is used in a number of popular themes and plugins, contained an HTML file vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. All affected themes and plugins on Wrodpress.org has been updated to address this issue by removing the nonessential file. To protect other Genericons usage, WordPress 4.2.2 proactively scans the wp-content directory for this HTML file and removes it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WordPress versions 4.2 and earlier were affected by a XSS vulnerability which could enable anonymous users to compromise a site. WordPress 4.2.2 includes a comprehensive fix for this issue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2015\/05\/wordpress-4-2-2\/\">WordPress 4.2.2 security<\/a><\/strong> and maintenance release also includes a hardening for a potential XSS vulnerability in the visual editor. Aside from that it also contains bug fixes found in version 4.2 such as:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Attachment URLs should only be forced to SSL on the front end<\/li>\n<li>Improve performance of loop detection in_get_term_children()<\/li>\n<li>Ensure unintelligible DB schemas don\u2019t result in content loss<\/li>\n<li>Bundled Themes: Remove Genericons example.html files<\/li>\n<li>When upgrading WordPress remove genericons example.html files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is important to update the WordPress site to the latest version, websites that support automatic background updates are already beginning to do it, and for others, they can do it manually in the Dashboard, by clicking on \u201cUpdate Now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Website administrators are urged to switch to the new version as soon as possible. If the action cannot be performed with utmost urgency, the security flaw can be mended by deleting the \u201cexample.html\u201d file in the genericons\u00a0folder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alternatively, access to this resource can be blocked via security products protecting the website. This is a powerful update for protecting the site from vulnerabilities and the update has become mandatory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Get in touch with us if you want to hire\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Wordpress Specialist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heliossolutions.co\/cms-development\/wordpress-development\/\">WordPress Specialist<\/a><\/strong> for your wordpress development project and for more information visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heliossolutions.co\/cms-development\/wordpress-development\/\">https:\/\/www.heliossolutions.co\/cms-development\/wordpress-development\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 4.2.2 was released to address a couple of critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. 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