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  • February 10, 2017 at 5:40 am #745195
    EdFritz

    I have been holding off updating to WP 4.7.2 until I update enfold.

    I just read this article today and decided to activate to WP 4.7.2 which closes exploit path….phew no problems with theme.

    A Feeding Frenzy to Deface WordPress Sites

    You may want to pass along to your customers.

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by EdFritz.
    February 12, 2017 at 6:41 am #745850
    Rikard

    Hey Ed,

    Thanks for sharing that, we always try to encourage our customers to update both theme, plugins and WordPress itself to the current versions to avoid any breaches of security.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    February 12, 2017 at 2:17 pm #745944
    EdFritz

    Hi,

    I have been able to hold off for awhile because I have had the previous unfortunate problem of my theme being broken and it taking weeks or months for a theme revision roll out or patch to fix incompatibilities. I always check support page before updates and see how early adopters of theme or WP updates make out.

    However this time, this WP exploit is a MAJOR issue. There has been a lot of press about it, and I heard about it early on and made update. Yet, some sites are really getting clobbered, it is a massive hack….

    More News https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/02/rapid-growth-in-rest-api-defacements/

    I would consider putting out a service bulletin as a sticky post in your landing page (if I were in your shoes……:))

    All the best, and its good advice, “to encourage our customers to update both theme, plugins and WordPress itself to the current versions to avoid any breaches of security.”

    thanks for the support- you guys do a great job

    Ed

    February 12, 2017 at 5:37 pm #745982
    Basilis

    Hey!

    Thanks a lot for letting us know and updating the rest of the people also!
    That is true ( to ask and consider people to update ), but also it is better to keep it low and not scare everyone.
    There are many different maintenance services also, that you might consider to use.

    Let us know if we can help you with anything else.

    Regards,
    Basilis

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