WordPress 4.7.5 Security Update

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WordPress 4.7.5 was released on May 16 and is an update which fixes six security issues of version 4.7.4 and earlier.

The fixed security issues are:

  1. Insufficient redirect validation in the HTTP class.
  2. Improper handling of post meta data values in the XML-RPC API.
  3. Lack of capability checks for post meta data in the XML-RPC API.
  4. A Cross Site Request Forgery (CRSF)  vulnerability was discovered in the filesystem credentials dialog.
  5. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered when attempting to upload very large files.
  6. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered related to the Customizer.

The official list of all changes can be found here.

Remember to backup before installing updates and update soon.