WordPress 5.7.1 Security and Maintenance Release

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WordPress 5.7.1 is now available!

This security and maintenance release features 26 bug fixes in addition to two security fixes.

WordPress 5.7.1 is a short-cycle security and maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.8.

Security Updates

Two security issues affect WordPress versions between 4.7 and 5.7. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.7, all WordPress versions since 4.7 have also been updated to fix the following security issues:

  • Thank you SonarSource for reporting an XXE vulnerability within the media library affecting PHP 8.
  • Thanks Mikael Korpela for reporting a data exposure vulnerability within the REST API.

For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac, or check out the version 5.7.1 HelpHub documentation page.