Tag Archives: WordPress

WordPress and the wintertime trap for scheduled posts

Posted on 2021-10-29 by guenni

[German]In the night of October 31, 2021, clocks in Europe will be changed back to winter time (standard time). Currently WordPress is still running on daylight saving time. I have now noticed a small problem when scheduling publications. I wanted … Continue reading →

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WordPress: Vulnerability in Ninja Forms Plugin

Posted on 2021-10-27 by guenni

[German]There is a new vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Ninja Forms that affects all versions up to 3.6.3. An SQL injection is potentially possible via the vulnerability, so that database queries via input fields are conceivable. The plugin provider released … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

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WordPress DSGVO Plugin from legalweb.io hacked

Posted on 2021-09-27 by guenni

[German]The GDPR plugin for WordPress from the provider legalweb.io has been hacked. WordPress installations that have used this plugin are considered compromised. Users are being redirected to malware sites. Here is a brief summary of what I am aware of … Continue reading →

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WordPress 5.8.1 released

Posted on 2021-09-09 by guenni

[German]WordPress 5.8.1 has been released as a maintenance update on September 8, 2021. The update fixed three vulnerabilities in WordPress versions between 5.4 and 5.8. Therefore, older were all WordPress versions since 5.4 also updated. Furthermore, a number of bugs … Continue reading →

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WordPress 5.8

Posted on 2021-07-21 by guenni

As of 7/20/2021, WordPress 5.8 has been released by the developers. This is a new major version, which comes with some new features. An overview of these new features can be found in this WordPress article. I've updated my WordPress … Continue reading →

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WordPress plugin Responsive Menu: Serious security vulnerability patched

Posted on 2021-02-13 by guenni

[German]Administrators of a WordPress installation who use the Responsive Menu plugin should update it urgently (if not done automatically). The developers have fixed several serious vulnerabilities that allow WordPress installation takeover. Advertising

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WordPress Version 5.6.1 released

Posted on 2021-02-04 by guenni

On February 3, 2021, the developers have released WordPress version 5.6.1. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix 20 bugs (7 of them in the blog editor) of version 5.6. The release notes can be read here. … Continue reading →

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WordPress plugin WP Statistics forces Server to its knees

Posted on 2020-11-30 by guenni

[German]A brief hint for WordPress administrators who use the WP Statistics plugin. The new versions 13.x will probably bring your web server to its limits – the server will be down. It has shutdown my blogs from Sunday afternoon to … Continue reading →

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WordPress 5.5.2, and 5.5.3 as bux fix released

Posted on 2020-10-31 by guenni

The developers have released WordPress 5.5.2 as a security and maintenance update on October 29, 2020. In this version 14 bugs are fixed, which are described in the release notes. The update fixes a critical vulnerability that allows a remote … Continue reading →

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WordPress Plugin wpDiscuz with critical vulnerability

Posted on 2020-07-30 by guenni

[German]There is a critical vulnerability in WordPress plugin wpDiscuz in versions 7.0.0 to 7.0.4, as WordFence reports here. The vulnerability in the plugin, which provides a comment function, allows to take over a WordPress installation. This is fixed in version … Continue reading →

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