{"id":206,"date":"2007-06-21T04:49:59","date_gmt":"2007-06-21T04:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/development\/2007\/06\/wordpress-221\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:58:28","slug":"wordpress-221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2007\/06\/wordpress-221\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 2.2.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 2.2.1 is <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\">now available<\/a>.   2.2.1 is a bug fix release for the 2.2 series.  Since 2.2 was released a month ago, the WordPress community has been improving fit-and-finish by identifying and fixing those little bugs that can be so annoying and by fine-tuning some small details.  The result is a nicely polished 2.2.1 release.  The full list of bugs fixed in 2.2.1 is available <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=2.2.1&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;order=priority\">here<\/a>.   Here are some highlights.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Atom feed validation fixes (<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4274\">#4274<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4307\">#4307<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4381\">#4381<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4382\">#4382<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>XML-RPC fixes (<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4314\">#4314<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4329\">#4329<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4315\">#4315<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4469\">#4469<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Widget backward compatibility fixes (<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4275\">#4275<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Widget layout fixes for IE7 (<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4264\">#4264<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4268\">#4268<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Page and Text Widget improvements (<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4302\">#4302<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/4259\">#4259<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, 2.2.1 is not just a bug fix release.  Some security issues came to light during 2.2.1 development, making 2.2.1 a required upgrade.  2.2.1 addresses the following vulnerabilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3215\">Remote shell injection in PHPMailer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.milw0rm.com\/exploits\/4039\">Remote SQL injection in XML-RPC<\/a> Discovered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buayacorp.com\/\">Alexander Concha<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.neohapsis.com\/archives\/fulldisclosure\/2007-06\/0180.html\">Unescaped attribute in default theme<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buayacorp.com\/\">Alexander Concha<\/a> for his continued assistance in making WordPress more secure.  Special thanks also to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/blog\/\">Daniel Jalkut<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.red-sweater.com\/\">Red Sweater Software<\/a> for his improvements to our XML-RPC implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 2.2.1 is now available. 2.2.1 is a bug fix release for the 2.2 series. Since 2.2 was released a month ago, the WordPress community has been improving fit-and-finish by identifying and fixing those little bugs that can be so annoying and by fine-tuning some small details. The result is a nicely polished 2.2.1 release. 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