WordPress 5.1.1 is here! It's a security and maintenance update that brings 10 fixes and improvements, along with a few changes designed to help hosting providers prepare the ground for the minimum PHP requirement coming in version 5.2.
This release also includes two security updates that manage how comments are filtered and then stored in the database.
[su_note note_color=”#ebebeb” text_color=”#271e45″ radius=”2″]With a malicious comment, the WordPress CMS was vulnerable to cross-site scripting.[/su_note]
WordPress versions 5.1 and older are affected by these bugs, which are fixed in version 5.1.1. The bug was discovered by Simon Scannell of RIPS Technologies.
You can read more in the new version announcement.
Full list of changes in Trac
Download the new version.
Here we should mention that 5.1.1 as a security update should be installed by itself.
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