WordPress 6.0.2 is now available!
This security and maintenance release featuresย 12 bug fixes on Core,ย 5 bug fixesย for the Block Editor, and 3 security fixes. Because this is aย security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated.
WordPress 6.0.2 is a short-cycle release. You can review a summary of the main updates in this release by reading the RC1 announcement.
The next major release will beย version 6.1ย planned for November 1, 2022.
If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.
You canย download WordPress 6.0.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click โUpdatesโ, and then click โUpdate Nowโ.
For more information on this release, pleaseย visit the HelpHub site.
Security updates included in this release
The security team would like to thank the following people for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities, and allowing them to be fixed in this release:
- FVDย for finding a possible SQL injection within the Link API.
- Khalilov Moeย for finding an XSS vulnerability on the Plugins screen.
- John Blackbournย of the WordPress security team, for finding an output escaping issue withinย
the_meta()
.
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