A Security Issue in WordPress 5.5 - XML Sitemaps

A new feature was introduced in WordPress 5.5 that adds basic, extensible XML sitemaps functionality into WordPress core. Sounds good, right?
The problem that I see with this new functionality is that it is ON by default. It’s not even something that you can opt-in or opt-out.
Another problem is that this new sitemap contains a list of accounts on the website.

The article dedicated to this issue: https://www.ilovewp.com/blog/security-issue-in-wordpress-5-5-with-the-xml-sitemap-feature/

0:00 The problem with core XML sitemaps
1:03 Potential SEO penalties
1:30 How to disable this feature
1:45 Wasted energy and resources
2:13 End

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