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                                CERT-Renater

                     Note d'Information No. 2024/VULN185
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DATE                : 11/04/2024

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S): /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): Systems running WordPress versions prior 
                           to 6.5.2.

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https://wordpress.org/news/2024/04/wordpress-6-5-2-maintenance-and-security-release/
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April 9, 2024
By Aaron Jorbin
in Releases, Security
WordPress 6.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release

Note: Due to an issue with the initial package, WordPress 6.5.1 was
not released. 6.5.2 is the first minor release for WordPress 6.5.

This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes on Core,
12 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 1 security fix.

Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update
your sites immediately. Backports are also available for other major
WordPress releases, 6.0 and later.

You can download WordPress 6.5.2 from WordPress.org, or visit your
WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”.
If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the
update process will begin automatically.

WordPress 6.5.2 is a short-cycle release. The next major release
will be version 6.6 and is currently planned for 16 July 2024.


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:

     A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the
Avatar block type; reported by John Blackbourn of the WordPress
security team. Many thanks to Mat Rollings for assisting with
the research.


Thank you to these WordPress contributors

This release was led by John Blackbourn, Isabel Brison, and
Aaron Jorbin.

WordPress 6.5.2 would not have been possible without the
contributions of the following people. Their asynchronous
coordination to deliver maintenance and security fixes into
a stable release is a testament to the power and capability
of the WordPress community.

Aaron Jorbin, Aki Hamano, Andrei Draganescu, Artemio Morales,
Caleb Burks, colind, Daniel Richards, Dominik Schilling,
Fabian Kägy, George Mamadashvili, Greg Ziółkowski,
Isabel Brison, Jb Audras, Joe McGill, John Blackbourn,
Jonathan Desrosiers, Lovekesh Kumar, Matias Benedetto,
Mukesh Panchal, Pascal Birchler, Peter Wilson, Sean Fisher,
Sergey Biryukov, Scott Reilly


How to contribute

To get involved in WordPress core development, head over to
Trac, pick a ticket, and join the conversation in the #core
channel. Need help? Check out the Core Contributor Handbook.

Thanks to John Blackbourn, Ehtisham S., Jb Audras, and Angela
Jin for proofreading.


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