Is Your jQuery Version a Security Risk?

Is Your jQuery Version a Security Risk? WordPress, by default, includes a version of jQuery. This is great for developers because it means we don't have to worry about manually enqueueing it for most projects. However, there's a common pitfall: many themes and plugins bundle their own copy of jQuery. If this bundled version is outdated, it can introduce serious security vulnerabilities. Specifically, jQuery versions prior to 3.5.0 are known to have cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, ide