Vulnerability & Patch Round-up — May 2022

Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises.

We’ve compiled a list of some important security updates and vulnerability patches for the WordPress ecosystem for May, 2022.

Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Jupiter and JupiterX Premium Themes

On May 10th, important security updates were released for the Jupiter and JupiterX premium themes, as well as the JupiterX Core WordPress plugin.

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