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We are WordPress As recently reported…

ByDan Knauss
We are WordPress As recently reported by The Tavern, Automattic’s marketing team has updated the company’s press page with a notice to journalists who are writing about Automattic: Automattic owns and operates WordPress.com, which is a hosted version of the open source WordPress software with added features for security, speed and support. Please append “.com”…
Severe Jetpack vulnerability disclosed, some sites being updated automatically
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Severe Jetpack vulnerability disclosed, some sites being updated automatically

ByBrian Krogsgard
A severe Jetpack vulnerability has been disclosed and patched in Jetpack. The bug allows attackers to publish posts, and has existed since 2012. The Jetpack blog post states the following: During an internal security audit, we found a bug that allows an attacker to bypass a site’s access controls and publish posts. This vulnerability could be combined…

The Creative Commons license is now compatible with the GPL

ByBrian Krogsgard
The Creative Commons license and the GPL have not always played too nicely together, as much to do with semantics as anything else. Now they do, but there are some things to consider, if you are trying to bundle a CC licensed library (or more likely, images!) inside your GPL licensed code. From Otto Wood:…
This Week at WordPress.org (February 7, 2022)
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This Week at WordPress.org (February 7, 2022)

ByCourtney Robertson
Each week we are highlighting the news from WordPress.org that you don’t want to miss. If you or your company create products or services that use WordPress, we’ve got the news you need to know. Be sure to share this resource with your product and project managers. News A Theory of Technology Adoption in the…