IONOS Canada incident

WordPress security update 7.1.4: your websites are protected

Ongoing since 10:39 PM UTC, affecting Dedicated Server and Web Hosting and 1 more.

monitoring Oct 28, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

The WordPress project has released WordPress 7.1.4 to fix several vulnerabilities in WordPress core. All websites hosted with IONOS have been protected against known exploit attempts by our security systems (WAF and Webshield) from minute one. Managed WordPress Hosting: We are automatically applying the update to your site to ensure complete security. No action is needed. Self-Managed WordPress (Webhosting, VPS, Cloud, Dedicated Server): Please ensure you update your site to version 7.1.4 as soon as possible. Step-by-step guidance is available in our https://www.ionos.com/help/index.php?id=29698 Service Impact: Website availability is completely unaffected by this update process.

Started
Oct 28, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 32m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 28, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

Affected components

Dedicated ServerWeb HostingCloud ServerVirtual ServerWordpress HostingWordpress ProVPS

Update timeline

  1. monitoring Oct 28, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

    The WordPress project has released WordPress 7.1.4 to fix several vulnerabilities in WordPress core. All websites hosted with IONOS have been protected against known exploit attempts by our security systems (WAF and Webshield) from minute one. Managed WordPress Hosting: We are automatically applying the update to your site to ensure complete security. No action is needed. Self-Managed WordPress (Webhosting, VPS, Cloud, Dedicated Server): Please ensure you update your site to version 7.1.4 as soon as possible. Step-by-step guidance is available in our https://www.ionos.com/help/index.php?id=29698 Service Impact: Website availability is completely unaffected by this update process.

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