PHP Blogging Apps Vulnerable to XML-RPC Exploits: This is very, very bad.
Many popular PHP-based blogging, wiki and content management programs can be exploited through a security hole in the way PHP programs handle XML commands. The flaw allows an attacker to compromise a web server, and is found in programs including PostNuke, WordPress, Drupal, Serendipity, phpAdsNew, phpWiki and phpMyFAQ, among others.
[…] By creating an XML file that uses single quotes to escape into the eval() call an attacker can easily execute php code on the target server.
Ouch.
I've been monitoring the 404s on this site. I changed our URL pattern a while back, so I have a page that catches all the 404 and resolves the old pattern against the new one, then redirects. Anything that doesn't resolve gets logged and I have an RSS…