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Updates of Note: January 2026
In addition to the regular feature and product patches typically released, there were a few updates of note last month that may be applicable to your site including: Security-related Patches in January: Essential Addons & Ultimate Addons for the Elementor theme...
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WooCommerce Security Update – March 2022
On March 10, 2022, the Woo Team announced a security patch for all branches of WooCommerce going back to version 3.5. This patch fixed several security flaws discovered within the PayPal Standard payment gateway which was installed as default up through WooCommerce...
WordPress 5.9 “Joséphine” Released
Named in honor of Joséphine Baker, WordPress 5.9 was released in late January. While its major new headline feature, Full Site Editing, is not something most ESC! Technologies Group clients will necessarily benefit from, it does bring a number of improvements for...
WooCommerce Critical Vulnerability Patched
On the evening of July 14, 2021, the Woo Team made public a critical vulnerability in all versions of WooCommerce (from 3.3 to 5.5) and the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. This vulnerability was originally identified and responsibly disclosed by security researcher Josh,...
WordPress 5.7.1 Released: Patches 2 Security Issues
WordPress 5.7.1 was released today. This important update includes 26 bug fixes as well as patches for two security issues: an XXE vulnerability within the media library affecting PHP 8 and a data exposure vulnerability within the REST API. Versions of WordPress...
WordPress Security: Facebook for WordPress Vulnerabilities Patched
The Official Facebook for WordPress plugin (aka Facebook Pixel) which is designed to give Facebook another way to track our activities online, was recently fully patched to fix two serious vulnerabilities including a PHP Object Injection and a Cross-Site Request...
WordPress 5.7 “Esperanza” Released
Named in honor of Esperanza Spalding, WordPress 5.7 was released this week and brings with it an updated color palette, and easier to use editor, lazy loading of iFrames, and more! All ESC! Technologies Group clients who subscribe to one of our WordPress Care Plans...
WordPress Security: WordPress 4.2.4 Released, Patches Critical Security Issue
WordPress 4.2.4 was released today to patch three cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and a potential SQL injection that could be used to compromise a site. WordPress versions 4.2.3 and earlier are affected by these flaws and, if you’ve not yet done so, you should...
WordPress Security: WordPress 4.2.3 Released to Address Critical Security Issue
WordPress 4.2.3 was released today to patch a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability, which could allow users with the Contributor or Author role to compromise a site. WordPress versions 4.2.2 and earlier are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. If...
WordPress Security: WooCommerce Vulnerability
WordPress Plugins A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the extremely popular e-commerce plugin for WordPress, "WooCommerce". If left unpatched, a WordPress installation utilizing version 2.3.5 or earlier could be vulnerable to a SQL injection attack that...
WordPress Security: WordPress SEO by Yoast Vulnerability
WordPress Plugins A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the WordPress plugin "WordPress SEO by Yoast". If left unpatched, a WordPress installation utilizing version 1.7.3 or earlier (see all patched versions below) could be vulnerable to a SQL injection...