Didn’t they ban WP Engine on their plugin platform? So they can’t post an update to the CVE even if they wanted to?
amanzi
Looks like this tweet was deleted - what did it say?
jccc
Regardless of what anyone thinks about the issue, we don’t editorialize in headlines.
stackghost
Can someone provide some context for what's going on here and why people are so worked up?
Why is it unseemly for Automattic to find this bug?
daft_pink
I believe the fact that WP Engine relies on WordPress’ servers to run their platform suggests that this is more than just an open-source issue. If the problem were solely related to the source code, WP Engine’s access to WordPress servers wouldn’t be so critical. Although I’m not very familiar with WordPress, it appears their service is highly dependent on WordPress maintaining its servers, which makes the expectation for some kind of financial support seem reasonable.