Monday 27 April 2015

WordPress XSS Vulnerability

A vulnerability has recently been found which affects a huge number of WordPress plugins and themes. In simple terms, it allows malicious code to be executed on any site using a theme or plugin which contains the vulnerability.

For those using my QlikView for WordPress plugin, the good news is that it isn't affected by this XSS vulnerability and so you don't need to worry. However many of the most commonly used plugins have been found to contain the vulnerability including: