WordPress update

Blogging platform WordPress on Thursday pushed out an updated version to resolve two security vulnerabilities, the company's lead developer, Ryan Boren, said in a blog post. Version 2.8.6 fixes a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Press This, a WordPress bookmarklet, as well as a bug related to sanitizing uploaded file names in some Apache configurations. Users can upgrade here.

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