WordPress has updated its version to 3.1.4 on June 29, 2011 and it is available to all the netizens. This update is another maintenance and security update from WordPress for all its previous versions.
“This release fixes an issue that could allow a malicious Editor-level user to gain further access to the site. Thanks K. Gudinavicius of SEC Consult for bringing this to our attention. Version 3.1.4 also incorporates several other security fixes and hardening measures thanks to the work of WordPress developers Alexander Concha and Jon Cave of our security team,” written by Ryan Boren in the official WordPress announcement blog.
The following are the files revised in this update:
readme.html
wp-settings.php
wp-includes/taxonomy.php
wp-includes/post.php
wp-includes/version.php
wp-includes/bookmark.php
wp-includes/wp-db.php
wp-includes/formatting.php
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-content/themes/twentyten/languages/twentyten.pot
wp-admin/includes/post.php
wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
wp-admin/includes/media.php
wp-admin/js/user-profile.dev.js
wp-admin/js/user-profile.js
wp-admin/custom-header.php
wp-admin/options-general.php
To update your WordPress blog to this new version, just click on Update now option in your Dashboard as given below in the screenshot.
Do let us know, what you think about this update from the WordPress team.
