WordPress 5.7.2 Security Release

by Hayley Yates | May 13, 2021 | Updates

Written by Peter Wilson of WordPress on May 13, 2021

WordPress 5.7.2 is now available

This security release features one security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated

WordPress 5.7.2 is a short-cycle security release. The next major release will be version 5.8.

You can download WordPress 5.7.2 by downloading from WordPress.org, or visit your Dashboard → Updates and click Update Now.

If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they’ve already started the update process.

Is Your WordPress Website Secure?

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Security Updates

One security issue affecting WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.7. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.7, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated to fix the following security issue:

Object injection in PHPMailer, CVE-2020-36326 and CVE-2018-19296.

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