WordPress 7.1.4 — Critical Security Release (Oct 28, 2026)

🛡️ WordPress 7.1.4 — Critical Security Release (Oct 28, 2026)

⚡ Update immediately — fixes ~22 vulnerabilities, including an unauthenticated RCE.

🔴 Key Fixes
🚨 RCE — race condition in core update process; no login needed, but exploit window is only seconds.

🧩 Stored XSS — Interactivity API, block editor, Customizer, data erasure requests.

👁️ Info Disclosure — unpublished Customizer changes exposed to visitors.

🔑 Permission Flaw — privileged users could read notes on posts they can’t edit.

📜 Certificate — built-in root cert updated.

✅ Do This Now

1. 🔄 Dashboard > Updates > Update Now
2. 🔍 Verify version shows 7.1.4
3. 💾 Backup database + files first, just in case

⏱️ Don’t delay — patch today.

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