Version 5.0.6

On September 4, 2019, WordPress 5.0.6 was released to the public.

Installation/Update Information

To download WordPress 5.0.6, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit the archive.

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Summary

From the WordPress 5.2.3 release post, WordPress versions 5.2 and earlier are affected by 7 security bugs. Additionally, #47020 (which was included in 5.2.1) has been backported to earlier branches.

List of Files Revised

wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/async-upload.php
wp-includes/js/dist/block-library.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-library.min.js
wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js
wp-includes/formatting.php
wp-includes/kses.php
wp-includes/pluggable.php
wp-includes/post-template.php
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-includes/version.php

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