WordPress < 5.8.2 - Expired DST Root CA X3 Certificate

Description

The wp-includes/certificates/ca-bundle.crt file contains a DST Root CA X3 which expired on September 30th, 2021, raising security warning in some cases

Affects WordPresses

5.8.1

Fixed in version 5.8.2✓

5.8

Fixed in version 5.8.2✓

5.7.3

Fixed in version 5.7.4✓

5.7.2

Fixed in version 5.7.4✓

5.7.1

Fixed in version 5.7.4✓

5.7

Fixed in version 5.7.4✓

5.6.5

Fixed in version 5.6.6✓

5.6.4

Fixed in version 5.6.6✓

5.6.3

Fixed in version 5.6.6✓

5.6.2

Fixed in version 5.6.6✓

References

URL

https://wordpress.org/news/2021/11/wordpress-5-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

URL

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/54207

Classification

Type

UNKNOWN

Miscellaneous

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID

cc23344a-5c91-414a-91e3-c46db614da8d

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-11-10 (about 2 months ago)

Added

2021-11-10 (about 2 months ago)

Last Updated

2021-11-10 (about 2 months ago)

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