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WordPress Fixes CSRF, XSS Bugs, Announces Bug Bounty Program

By Chris Brook
 
                                          
 

WordPress is urging webmasters to update to the latest version of its content management system to mitigate several issues, including a pair of cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs and a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug that’s existed for 10 months.

 

The latest iteration of the software, version 4.7.5, was released on Tuesday. If users have have automatic background updates enabled for sites, it’s likely they’ve already been updated. Webmasters who don’t have the feature turned on can update by going to Dashboard → Updates.

 

Until updated, versions 4.7.4 and earlier of WordPress are considered vulnerable.

 

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