Is wp-cli/wp-cli 1.4 vulnerable?

Composer · 2 releases from 1.4.0 to 1.4.1 · latest wp-cli/wp-cli is 2.12.0 · checked 1 Nov 2026

Yes: 1 known advisory

Yes. wp-cli/wp-cli 1.4.1, the last 1.4 release, is affected by 1 known security advisory (1 critical), including CVE-2021-29504. Upgrade to 2.5.0 or later to fix all of them.

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Advisories affecting wp-cli/wp-cli 1.4.1

  • CriticalCVE-2021-29504GHSA-rwgm-f83r-v3qj19 May 2021

    Improper Certificate Validation in WP-CLI framework

    Affected
    >=0.12.0 <2.5.0
    Fixed in
    2.5.0

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