WordPress 2.8.3 Fixes Security Holes

If you haven’t already done so, we’d stongly recommend upgrading to WordPress 2.8.3. Also, the WordPress 2.0.x branches are now deprecated (a bit earlier then expected) and will therefore no longer be maintained. [Link]
Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1. Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs. […]

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Story added 4. August 2009, content source with full text you can find at link above.