WordPress engineers seem to be working really hard on the future release of WordPress 2.9. but in the other hand a new release has came up today solving some security exploits. WordPress engineers has advised everyone who is running older versions to upgrade to the 2.8.5 version.

The mentioned changes in 2.8.5 are:

• A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
• Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
• Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
• Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

To download the new version go to the WordPress’ download page. If you want to make sure that your blog is secure you may want to install “WordPress Exploit Scanner“.