On June 24, 2024, WordPress 5.0.22 was released to the public.
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/.
For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:
If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:
- New To WordPress – Where to Start
- First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
- WordPress Lessons
Summary
Security updates
This release features one security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.
The security team would like to thank the following people for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities, and allowing them to be fixed in this release:
- A path traversal issue affecting sites hosted on Windows reported independently by Rafie M & Edouard L of Patchstack, David Fifield, x89, apple502j, and mishre.
Changelog
List of files revised
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