WordPress 6.7.1 Maintenance Release

WordPress 6.7.1 is now available! This minor release features 16 bug fixes throughout Core and the Block Editor. WordPress 6.7.1 is a fast-follow release with a strict focus on bugs introduced in WordPress 6.7. The next major release will be version 6.8, planned for April 2025. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, … Read more

Wrap Up the Year with the Biggest Scope and Rewards Yet: Join the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program End of Year Holiday Extravaganza!

The holidays are here, and so is your chance to earn big while helping secure the WordPress ecosystem! For all submissions to our Bug Bounty Program from November 12, 2024, to December 9, 2024, we’re rolling out our End of Year Holiday Extravaganza promotion to give back to our security researchers and help clean up … Read more

4,000,000 WordPress Sites Using Really Simple Security Free and Pro Versions Affected by Critical Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Introductory Note: This is one of the more serious vulnerabilities that we have reported on in our 12 year history as a security provider for WordPress. This vulnerability affects Really Simple Security, formerly known as Really Simple SSL, installed on over 4 million websites, and allows an attacker to remotely gain full administrative access to … Read more