WordPress 6.2.1 is now available!
This minor release featuresย 20 bug fixes in Coreย andย 10 bug fixes for the block editor. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading theย Release Candidate announcement.
This release also features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 4.1 have also been updated.
WordPress 6.2.1 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will beย version 6.3ย planned for August 2023.
If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.
You canย download WordPress 6.2.1 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.
- Block themes parsing shortcodes in user generated data; thanks to Liam Gladdy ofย WP Engineย for reporting this issue
- A CSRF issue updating attachment thumbnails; reported byย John Blackbournย of the WordPress security team
- A flaw allowing XSS via open embed auto discovery; reported independently by Jakub ลปoczek ofย Securitumย and during a third party security audit
- Bypassing of KSES sanitization in block attributes for low privileged users; discovered during a third party security audit.
- A path traversal issue via translation files; reported independently by Ramuel Gall and during a third party security audit.
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