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Issue 11: AI found WordPress's worst RCE in years, attackers followed in 90 minutes
Attackers hit WordPress's critical RCE within 90 minutes of the patch. An AI found the flaw in 10 hours. WordPress 7.1 drops a feature over security fears.
Inside this issue
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Security An AI found WordPress's worst RCE in years; attackers struck within 90 minutes.
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WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 drops a feature, adds infinite scrolling, and moves image processing to the browser.
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Block Editor Gutenberg 23.6 makes the Playlist and Tabs blocks a permanent part of WordPress.
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AI WordPress's AI plugin can now draft comment replies and summarize old posts in bulk.
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Community A nonprofit rebrands over a trademark filing, and WordCamp US publishes its Phoenix schedule.
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Issue 11: AI found WordPress's worst RCE in years, attackers followed in 90 minutes
Attackers hit WordPress's critical RCE within 90 minutes of the patch. An AI found the flaw in 10 hours. WordPress 7.1 drops a feature over security fears.
Weekend Within roundup
5 min
July 24
WooCommerce POS Now Runs on iPhone for UK Stores
WooCommerce POS now runs on iPhone for UK stores. Take card payments with Tap to Pay, no extra hardware, and sync sales instantly to your store.
Commerce
2 min
July 23
Wordfence's AI Researcher Is Now Finding More WordPress Flaws Than Any Human
Wordfence's AI tool PRISM found 202 WordPress vulnerabilities since May and is now its top researcher. Keep auto-updates on as patches arrive faster.
Security
3 min
July 23
WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 Drops a Feature Over Security Worries, Fixes Media Upload Bugs
WordPress 7.1 Beta 3 drops Unicode email support over security concerns and fixes 71 bugs, including GIF and HEIC upload failures before August 19.
WordPress Updates
3 min
July 23
WordPress 7.1 Turns On Infinite Scrolling in Your Media Library
WordPress 7.1 turns on infinite scrolling in the Media Library by default, replacing the Load more button. Switch it back off from your profile page.
WordPress Updates
2 min
July 22
Gutenberg 23.6 Makes the Playlist and Tabs Blocks Permanent
Gutenberg 23.6 makes the Playlist and Tabs blocks permanent, adds threaded inline comments, and lets the Gallery block auto-show every image on a post.
Block Editor
2 min