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Feedburner Feedsmith Plugin Security Issue
Burning Questions • The FeedSmith Plugin: newly fortified as part of this delicious breakfast
And you should probably get it pretty soon, since it’s a security release.
Some WordPress plugins that permit the entry of user-entered values, such as older versions of FeedSmith, can be vulnerable to what is called a "cross-site request forgery." Without getting overly technical, this permits someone to change WordPress plugin settings on your system without you noticing during the time you are signed into your WordPress control panel. And no one wants that.
3 Responses to Feedburner Feedsmith Plugin Security Issue
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Hmmm …… That does not sound good. I better check that out because I use the Feedsmith Plugin on my blog.
Thanks for the heads up.
Mike
Stephan,
Thanks for the tip on this I have this on one of my blogs , I just had two blogs hacked over the weekend it’s so frustrating that these guys have nothing better to do.
Colm
Yeah, I had one of my blogs taken down by a hacker in the past. Backups. Do backups of the database and plugins folder and you can make it a one hour setback.