On November 20, 2014, WordPress 4.0.1 was released to the public and WordPress 3.8.5 was released as an automatic security update for WordPress 3.8.4.
Installation/Update Information
To download WordPress 3.8.5, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/.
For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:
If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:
- New To WordPress – Where to Start
- First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
- WordPress Lessons
Summary
From the announcement post:
- Three cross-site scripting issues that a contributor or author could use to compromise a site.
- A cross-site request forgery that could be used to trick a user into changing their password.
- An issue that could lead to a denial of service when passwords are checked.
- Additional protections for server-side request forgery attacks when WordPress makes HTTP requests.
- An extremely unlikely hash collision could allow a user’s account to be compromised, that also required that they haven’t logged in since 2008 (I wish I were kidding).
- WordPress now invalidates the links in a password reset email if the user remembers their password, logs in, and changes their email address.
List of Files Revised
readme.html
wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/includes/image.php
wp-admin/press-this.php
wp-includes/class-phpass.php
wp-includes/formatting.php
wp-includes/http.php
wp-includes/kses.php
wp-includes/pluggable.php
wp-includes/user.php
wp-includes/version.php
wp-login.php