WordPress users should upgrade to 2.1.2 as soon as possible.
If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.
Although not all downloads of 2.1.1 were affected, weâ??re declaring the entire version dangerous and have released a new version 2.1.2 that includes minor updates and entirely verified files. We are also taking lots of measures to ensure something like this canâ??t happen again, not the least of which is minutely external verification of the download package so weâ??ll know immediately if something goes wrong for any reason.
Source: WordPress blog
I’ll bring the site down for 5 minutes to upgrade. Seriously, an auto update feature should be implemented. Maybe get a prompt that there is an update you can you just click one button to just update. Your five minutes started one minute ago.
[Upgrade completed on 10:10 am.]
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