Sucuri has just put out an security alert on a severe zero day vulnerability in the WordPress REST API. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to modify the content of any post or page within a site.
So what should you do?
Go into your WordPress Dashboard, click on ‘Updates’ and make sure that you have the latest version of WordPress. You should see a message like this.
Do you have the latest WordPress version?
If you do not have the latest version, I strongly recommend that you update to the latest version of WordPress. As always before updating your website ensure you have a backup of your website.
Are you on our Website Maintenance Protection Service?
All clients who are under our Website Maintenance Protection plan have all been updated to the latest version of WordPress. So naturally no action is needed on your part.
Have a question?
If you have any questions please do contact me.