May 8, 2019
One third of all websites use the popular CMS and could have been hijacked by attackers in one go. This danger is now banned.
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One third of all websites use the popular CMS and could have been hijacked by attackers in one go. This danger is now banned.
WordPress 4.9.7 Security Release
WordPress 4.9.7 is now available. This is a security and maintenance release for all versions since WordPress 3.7. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately.
WordPress versions 4.9.6 and earlier are affected by a media issue that could potentially allow a user with certain capabilities to attempt to delete files outside the uploads directory.
Seventeen other bugs were fixed in WordPress 4.9.7.
Taxonomy: Improve cache handling for term queries.
Posts, Post Types: Clear post password cookie when logging out.
Widgets: Allow basic HTML tags in sidebar descriptions on Widgets admin screen.
Community Events Dashboard: Always show the nearest WordCamp if one is coming up, even if there are multiple Meetups happening first.
Privacy: Make sure default privacy policy content does not cause a fatal error when flushing rewrite rules outside of the admin context.
Download WordPress 4.9.7 or venture over to Dashboard → Updates and click “Update Now.” Sites that support automatic background updates are already beginning to update automatically.