WordPress update for the recently discovered security bug (SQL injection) is out just now – WP 1.5.1.2. Go ahead and update your installations now.
Detailed info on the patch can be found here.
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This is a new bug, actually, found just yesterday morning. The patch was released in less than 40 minutes after it was discovered.
Teh Bug was featured on one of astalavista[dot]com’s
Astalavista Top 20 Featured Papers (on bugs and exploits)
A month ago (i think *scratch*), atleast we dont have to
worry that no more (nga ba?) hehe. tnx 4 the reminder!
An apparent weakness of weakly typed languages. Nonetheless, they fixed the bug in 40 minutes. :)