{"id":3549,"date":"2015-04-14T17:35:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2015\/04\/14\/ithemes-security-alert-xss-issue\/"},"modified":"2015-04-14T17:35:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:35:20","slug":"ithemes-security-alert-xss-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/ithemes-security-alert-xss-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Important iThemes Security Update Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A security release for ithemes Security was released last night (April 13) that immediately affects   versions 4.6.13 and 1.14.18 (Pro).<\/p>\n<h2>What was patched?<\/h2>\n<p><b>iThemes<\/b> fixed a stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting) issue that could have allowed dangerous Javascript to run when viewing 404 logs. When the 404 detection feature is enabled, the list of non-existent pages are stored in a database.  The flaw allowed attackers to potentially add and save Javascript code to these page requests.  This was a severe security issue, so the issue was immediately addressed. <i>This update prevents the security flaw that would allow those scripts to run when viewing the Security &gt; Logs page<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"alert alert-danger\">This security issue affects all versions of <b>iThemes Security Pro<\/b> and all versions of <b>iThemes Security<\/b>, including back to version 3.0.0 of Better WP Security. <\/p>\n<p>There are 3 ways to update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/sync.ithemes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sync Dashboard<\/a><\/b> <\/li>\n<li>the WordPress dashboard for <b>licensed Pro sites<\/b> <\/li>\n<li>latest version from <b><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemes.com\/member\/panel\" target=\"_blank\">iThemes Member Panel<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Forced Automatic Updates for iThemes Security<\/h3>\n<p>The issue of patching this flaw was of utmost importance, so the WordPress.org team put out a forced automatic update for iThemes Security. <i>Note: If you are running an older version of iThemes Security, you are strongly recommended to update to the latest version (4.6.13).<\/i><\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-striped\">\n<tr>\n<th>Previous version<\/th>\n<th>Auto-updated to<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.6.* <\/td>\n<td>4.6.13  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.5.* <\/td>\n<td>4.5.11  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.4.* <\/td>\n<td>4.4.24  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.3.* <\/td>\n<td>4.3.12  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.2.* <\/td>\n<td>4.2.16  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.1.* <\/td>\n<td>4.1.6   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4.0.* <\/td>\n<td>4.0.28  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.6.* <\/td>\n<td>3.6.7   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.5.* <\/td>\n<td>3.5.7   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.4.* <\/td>\n<td>3.4.11  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.3.* <\/td>\n<td>3.3.1   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.2.* <\/td>\n<td>3.2.8   <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> <i>*Denotes a higher version.  For example, 4.6.1<\/i> <\/p>\n<p class=\"alert alert-danger\">If your site did not auto-update, then update it as soon as possible!<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/ithemes.com\/2015\/04\/14\/security-release-for-ithemes-security-update-to-v4-6-13-or-v1-14-18-pro-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\">original Alert from iThemes<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A security release for ithemes Security was released last night (April 13) that immediately affects versions 4.6.13 and 1.14.18 (Pro). What was patched? iThemes fixed a stored XSS (Cross Site Scripting) issue that could have allowed dangerous Javascript to run when viewing 404 logs. 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