Most WordPress sites are configured to automatically update themselves when a new version becomes available. Still, anyone who manages any WordPress sites should make sure they are up to date with version 4.7.2, released yesterday.
WordPress 4.7.2 addresses three serious security vulnerabilities. You can find all the details in the release announcement.
Update 2017Feb02: Apparently WordPress 4.7.2 included a fix for a fourth security vulnerability, which wasn’t announced until February 2. The vulnerability is so severe that the WordPress developers didn’t want to risk anyone knowing about it until the majority of WordPress sites were updated.
There were a couple of problems with Firefox 51 that prompted Mozilla to push out another new version yesterday. Firefox 51.0.1 resolves the two problems, one of which was related to the new multiprocess features.
Firefox itself seems to take a few days to notice new versions. Click the ‘hamburger’ menu button at the top right, then click the question mark icon, then click ‘About Firefox’ to see the version you’re running. In my experience, Firefox will usually say ‘Firefox is up to date’ until a couple of days after a new release becomes available. This is potentially confusing, but Mozilla doesn’t seem to understand that.
If you don’t want to wait for Firefox to notice the new version, you’ll have to download it directly from Mozilla.
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