Is your Joomla Installation Up to Date?
For websites using Joomla as their CMS it is important to note that the Joomla Development Team has released a Security Release under the 2.x branch. This new version is tagged at version 2.5.10 and is available right now.
This release addresses some security issues involving Denial of Service (DoS), Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and Privilege Escalation. Additionally there are also a number of additional bug fixes and security updates.
Updating your installation should be very simple provided you follow the update instructions.
Protect your online investment and remember to keep your software installations up to date.
For more information on what is included in the Joomla 2.5.10 Security Release and instructions on how to update an existing installation please visit, http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5493-joomla-2-5-10-released.html.