WordPress Releases Urgent Security Update to Patch XSS and Path Traversal Flaws

WordPress issued an urgent 6.5.5 security update that fixes three significant vulnerabilities — an XSS issue in the HTML API, an XSS vulnerability in the Template Part block, and a path traversal flaw affecting Windows-hosted sites — and urges administrators to update immediately via the dashboard, downloads, or automatic background updates to mitigate potential compromise.