The WordPress team has released WordPress 2.8.2, which fixes a XSS vulnerability. This releases fixes a issue with comment author URLs;
Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be exploited to redirect you away from the admin to another site.
It is recommended that you upgrade your version of WordPress either by downloading the newer version or using the automatic upgrade feature in the admin dashboard.
[…] What does this mean for you as an individual blogger, website developer or site admin? Well the first thing it means in my opinion is that you should get upgraded to the latest and greatest version of WordPress which is version 2.8.2 and was mentioned on this site about two weeks ago by Keith – WordPress 2.8.2 Security Update. […]