 Wordpress is secure, Sam
Tuesday, 15 November 2005
In his article for The Age from a few days ago, entitled “Linux worm attacks PHP flaw”, Sam Varghese asserts:
“The vulnerability is present in popular content management systems such as PostNuke, WordPress, Drupal, Serendipity, phpAdsNew, phpWiki and phpMyFAQ which have not yet been patched.”
I don’t think you’ve done your homework, Sam. WordPress 1.5 or higher is safe. See this:
http://wordpress.org/development/2005/11/wordpress-is-secure/
In fact, so are most of the other applications mentioned. Before you commit to a story for your newspaper, it’s important to do your research, Sam. Otherwise you run the risk of looking like a goose.
EDIT: Sam has notified me today (Wednesday, 16 November 2005) that the article has now been changed to read:
“The vulnerability is present in versions of popular content management systems such as PostNuke, WordPress, Drupal, Serendipity, phpAdsNew, phpWiki and phpMyFAQ which have not yet been patched.”
The bold bits are the alterations he decided to make. Just two words which change the meaning of the whole sentence.
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Yeah, except he should have also included the word "older" before "versions" as well. The fact is, all of the current versions of the above scripts have the security patch applied.