WordPress 5.8.1 security release addresses clutch of vulnerabilities


James Walker

10 September 2021 at 13:23 UTC

Updated: 10 September 2021 at 17:00 UTC

Block editor XSS and REST API data exposure issues among now-patched bugs

WordPress has rolled out an update to its core codebase that includes mitigations against several troublesome security flaws

As well as fixing 61 bugs, WordPress 5.8.1, released yesterday (September 9), addresses a data exposure vulnerability within the REST API, an interface that allows plugins and themes to interact with WordPress core.

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