Is your WordPress website up to date? Critical security release available

A critical WordPress short-cycle security release is available for all websites.

Posted on: May 18th, 2021

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onPlatinum have been notified of a critical WordPress short-cycle security release for all websites, WordPress version 5.7.2.

The vulnerability is rated 9.8 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring Scheme. Attackers utilising this exploit could steal data, deface websites or cause a Denial of Service.

The security issues is affecting WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.7. If your website has not yet been updated to 5.7, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated to fix the security issue.

Find out more information about the update here.

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