WordPress 2.8.3 is released today and this fixes the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1 which they missed. Thanks to the several folks in the WordPress community for digging deeper and discovering this which they overlooked and this remaining issues are now fixed in 2.8.3 version. This upgrade is highly recommended since this is related to a security release. So, do upgrade your WordPress now to avoid any exploitation.
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Time to upgrade again…
yuk…just upgraded to 2.8.2 few days ago and now need to upgrade again.
The release of WordPress 2.8.3 was unexpected but looking at the no of bugs and error wordpress 2.8.1 and 2.8.2 had, It was much expected update. Though I updated WordPress to 2.8.3 and I can still see few Errors in my dashboard
When Even I try to publish article from edit page option, it gives error.. Still waiting for wordpress forum to come up with the best solution..