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Eight security flaws and 62 bugs have been addressed with the release of WordPress 4.7.1 on Wednesday. The latest update for the content management system (CMS) has been classified as a security release.
The list of vulnerabilities fixed this week includes the recently disclosed remote code execution flaw affecting PHPMailer. While WordPress Core and the plugins analyzed by the WordPress security team don’t appear to be affected by the weakness, PHPMailer has been updated to patched version 5.2.22 as a precaution.