IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: This website will be decommissioned after July 18, 2022

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Posted on June 20, 2022

The UBC IT Bulletins site will no longer be updated after July 18, 2022 and users will need to visit its replacement, the UBC IT Status Page at https://status.it.ubc.ca, where they can view or subscribe to status updates and incident notifications.

UBC IT Bulletins was kept as a legacy site in order to temporarily maintain RSS feeds and intended to provide users time to switch their subscriptions to the Status Page channels.

Before the decommission date of July 18, 2022, we recommend visitors go to https://status.it.ubc.ca to begin subscribing to the new notifications the Status Page has to offer. For our enterprise-level services, users can now subscribe in multiple ways that now include push notifications:

  • Email
  • SMS
  • Slack integration
  • Twitter
  • Webhooks
  • RSS feed
  • Custom Embed via Status API

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Nine Vulnerabilities Found in WordPress

By Operations Centre on September 28, 2017

Nine vulnerabilities have recently been detected in WordPress, including five cross-site scripting errors.  An update to WordPress version 4.8.2 will resolve this issue and address other maintenance issues in WordPress.

Security Risk: High

Action:

  1. Update immediately to 4.8.2
  2. It is recommended that automatic updates be enabled on WordPress sites

WordPress websites hosted by CTLT

If your WordPress website is hosted by CTLT (cms.ubc.ca), CTLT has addressed the upgrade already.

Additional Information

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

If you have any questions, please contact security@ubc.ca

 

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