WordPress users advised to update to version 4.8.3 following discovery of SQL injection vulnerability

Anyone running a website powered by WordPress is being told to upgrade to version 4.8.3 immediately after the discovery of a serious security issue. The problem -- an SQL injection vulnerability -- affects millions of websites running WordPress 4.8.2 and older. In addition to installing the latest update, site owners are advised to update plugins that could be exploited. The vulnerability was discovered by Anthony Ferrara from Lingo Live who broke the news by saying: "Before reading further, if you haven’t updated yet stop right now and update." The SQL injection bug was supposedly fixed by WordPress 4.8.2 last month,… [Continue Reading]