Security News > 2023 > December > WordPress Releases Update 6.4.2 to Address Critical Remote Attack Vulnerability

2023-12-08 09:23
WordPress has released version 6.4.2 with a patch for a critical security flaw that could be exploited by threat actors by combining it with another bug to execute arbitrary PHP code on vulnerable sites. "A remote code execution vulnerability that is not directly exploitable in core; however, the security team feels that there is a potential for high severity when combined with some plugins,
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