Dangerous Bug Detected in Jetpack WordPress Plugin

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Dangerous Bug Detected in Jetpack WordPress Plugin

WordPress is one of the most powerful and reliable web hosting platforms, both for websites as well as blogs. The company introduced a popular plugin, known as Jetpack. In recent news, Jetpack announced that a dangerous bug has allowed hackers to detour the site’s access, controls and posts to be published.

This security threat was found during one of the company’s general audits. Jetpack has publically stated that they have been working closely with the WordPress security team. The users have been asked not to fall prey to this threat and have been advised to keep their plugins updated to the latest version 1.9. This new version is believed to be capable of fixing the damage done.

Since WordPress is a hosting platform itself, known as WordPress Hosting, Jetpack has also collaborated with many web hosting and networking providers for the purpose of installing a secure and strong resistance against the hackers attack. Till now, the only solution available to this problem is to keep updating the Jetpack plugin from time to time.

With this, Jetpack assures its customers that now no damage would be done and the data hacked before is now secured. But it is important to keep a track on this security after regular time intervals.