Number: AV18-028
Date: 08 February 2018
Purpose
The purpose of this advisory is to bring attention to the recently released update for WordPress.
Assessment
WordPress has released version 4.9.4 that fixes a severe bug in 4.9.3, which will cause sites that support automatic background updates to fail to update automatically, and will require action from you (or your host) for it to be updated to 4.9.4.
Versions affected: WordPress 4.9.3 and earlier
Suggested Action
CCIRC recommends that owner/operators test and deploy the vendor released updates or workarounds to affected platforms accordingly.
References:
https://wordpress.org/news/2018/02/wordpress-4-9-4-maintenance-release