Title: Version 5.2.10
Author: Jb Audras
Published: April 15, 2021

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# Version 5.2.10

## In this article

 * [Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#installation-update-information)
 * [Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#summary)
    - [Security updates](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#security-updates)
 * [List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)
 * [Updated packages](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#updated-packages)

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On April 14, 2021, WordPress 5.2.10 was released to the public.

## 󠀁[Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#installation-update-information)󠁿

To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your
site’s admin area or visit [https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/](https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/).

For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:

 *  [Updating WordPress](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/updating-wordpress/)

If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:

 * [New To WordPress – Where to Start](https://wordpress.org/support/article/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start/?output_format=md)
 *  [First Steps With WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/article/first-steps-with-wordpress/?output_format=md)
   or [Upgrading WordPress Extended](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions/)
 * [WordPress Lessons](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-lessons/?output_format=md)

## 󠀁[Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#summary)󠁿

### 󠀁[Security updates](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#security-updates)󠁿

Two security issues affect WordPress versions between 4.7 and 5.7. If you haven’t
yet updated to 5.7, all WordPress versions since 4.7 have also been updated to fix
the following security issues:

 * thank you [SonarSource](https://www.sonarsource.com/) for reporting an XXE vulnerability
   within the media library affecting PHP 8
 * thanks [Mikael Korpela](https://mikaelkorpela.fi/) for reporting a data exposure
   vulnerability within the latest posts block and REST API

Thank you to all of the reporters for [privately disclosing the vulnerabilities](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting-security-vulnerabilities/).
This gave the security team time to fix the vulnerabilities before WordPress sites
could be attacked.

Props to [Adam Zielinski](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zieladam/), [Pascal Birchler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swissspidy/),
[Peter Wilson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peterwilsoncc/), [Juliette Reinders Folmer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jrf/),
[Alex Concha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xknown/), [Ehtisham Siddiqui](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ehtis/),
[Timothy Jacobs](https://profiles.wordpress.org/timothyblynjacobs/) and the WordPress
security team for their work on these issues.

The 5.2.10 release was led by [@peterwilsoncc](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peterwilsoncc/)
and [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/).

## 󠀁[List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)󠁿

    ```wp-block-preformatted
    wp-includes/ID3/getid3.lib.php
    wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
    wp-includes/blocks/latest-posts.php
    ```

## 󠀁[Updated packages](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-2-10/?output_format=md#updated-packages)󠁿

    ```wp-block-preformatted
    block-library: 2.9.9
    edit-post: 3.8.9
    edit-widgets: 0.7.9
    ```

First published

April 15, 2021

Last updated