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Old 06-01-07, 02:06 PM
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Default Wordpress User Security Issue

If you are running Wordpress and allow user registration from members of the public you may want to disable it or patch your install

See:
Serious email spam issue for Irish Wordpress blogs. - Business. Jason Roe - Web design, Development, SEO Advice

And for more details:

#3142 (user_edit.php vulnerable: User can spy out metadata of other users) - WordPress Trac - Trac
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A new release of Wordpress (version 2.0.7) is now available. Our autoinstallers will update with the new version shortly and you will then be able to upgrade via your control panel.

In the meantime we recommend anyone who has a manually installed copy of Wordpress to upgrade immediately.
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