The open-source WordPress blogging and content management system (CMS) is one of the most widely used technologies on the web today. The WordPress 4.7 release that first debuted in December 2016 has been downloaded 88 million times, which is why whenever there is a security update, the potential impact is large.
The new WordPress 4.7.5 update provides patches for six different security issues that impact the platform.
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