{"id":14851473,"date":"2021-09-09T03:22:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T03:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_version&amp;p=14851473"},"modified":"2021-09-09T03:22:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T03:22:46","slug":"version-5-6-5","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-5-6-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 5.6.5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 8, 2021, WordPress 5.6.5 was released to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site&#8217;s admin area or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/updating-wordpress\/\">Updating WordPress<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start\/\">New To WordPress &#8211; Where to Start<\/a><\/li><li> <a href=\"\/support\/article\/first-steps-with-wordpress\/\">First Steps With WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions\/\">Upgrading WordPress Extended<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/wordpress-lessons\/\">WordPress Lessons<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 security issues affects WordPress versions between 5.4 and 5.8. If you haven\u2019t yet updated to 5.8, all WordPress versions since 5.4 have also been updated to fix the following security issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Props @mdawaffe, member of the WordPress Security Team for their work fixing a data exposure vulnerability within the REST API.<\/li><li>Props to Micha\u0142 Bentkowski of Securitum for reporting a XSS vulnerability in the block editor.<\/li><li>The Lodash library has been updated to version 4.17.21 in each branch to incorporate upstream security fixes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to these fixes, the security team would like to thank <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/stevehenty\/\">Steve Henty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/evanricafort.com\/\">Evan Ricafort<\/a> for reporting a XSS vulnerability discovered during the 5.8 release\u2019s beta period. This was previously fixed in the final release of WordPress 5.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to all of the reporters for <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/handbook\/testing\/reporting-security-vulnerabilities\/\">privately disclosing the vulnerabilities<\/a>. This gave the security team time to fix the vulnerabilities before WordPress sites could be attacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This version of WordPress was led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/peterwilsoncc\/\">Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/circlecube\/\">Evan Mullins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of Files Revised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wp-admin\/about.php\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updated packages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">@wordpress\/annotations@1.24.9\n@wordpress\/block-directory@1.18.14\n@wordpress\/block-editor@5.2.12\n@wordpress\/block-library@2.28.11\n@wordpress\/blocks@7.0.7\n@wordpress\/components@12.0.9\n@wordpress\/compose@3.24.6\n@wordpress\/core-data@2.25.10\n@wordpress\/data-controls@1.20.9\n@wordpress\/data@4.26.9\n@wordpress\/dom@2.16.3\n@wordpress\/e2e-tests@2.0.10\n@wordpress\/edit-post@3.26.14\n@wordpress\/edit-site@1.16.14\n@wordpress\/edit-widgets@1.2.14\n@wordpress\/editor@9.25.13\n@wordpress\/format-library@1.26.12\n@wordpress\/interface@1.0.7\n@wordpress\/keyboard-shortcuts@1.13.9\n@wordpress\/list-reusable-blocks@1.25.9\n@wordpress\/notices@2.12.9\n@wordpress\/nux@3.24.9\n@wordpress\/plugins@2.24.8\n@wordpress\/reusable-blocks@1.1.12\n@wordpress\/rich-text@3.24.9\n@wordpress\/server-side-render@1.20.9\n@wordpress\/viewport@2.25.9\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 8, 2021, WordPress 5.6.5 was released to the public. 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