WordPress version 3.1.1 has just been released.
It is a maintenance and security release fixing almost thirty issues in 3.1, including:
- Some security hardening to media uploads
- Performance improvements
- Fixes for IIS6 support
- Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks
- Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues
Version 3.1.1 also addresses the following three security issues:
- hardening CSRF prevention in the media uploader
- avoiding a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments
- addressing an XSS flaw
You can automatically update to WordPress 3.1.1 via the Dashboard → Updates menu in your blog’s admin area.
